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Turkey detains 14 foreign ministry staff, ex-employees over Gülen links

Turkish authorities have detained eight Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff members and six former employees on accusations of links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...

Turkish woman acquitted of insulting president after criticizing Instagram ban

An appeals court in western Turkey has acquitted a woman who had been convicted of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a street interview...

Pope to travel to Turkey, Lebanon in late November

Preparations are underway for Pope Leo XIV to travel to Turkey and Lebanon at the end of November in what would be his first...

Families of victims challenge ministry refusal to investigate officials over Kartalkaya fire

Families of victims of a hotel fire that killed 78 people in the northwestern resort of Kartalkaya have appealed to Turkey’s Council of State...

Can Holding chairman under house arrest, 5 jailed in probe that led to seizure of 121 companies

A Turkish court has ordered the house arrest of Kenan Tekdağ, chairman of Can Holding, while detaining five other company executives as part of...

Armenia to remove Mount Ararat from passport stamps in symbolic step toward Turkey

Armenia will drop Mount Ararat from passport stamps at its border crossings, a government decree showed, in a move officials say aims to avoid...

Turkey joins 15 nations in call to protect Gaza aid flotilla

Turkey and 15 other countries issued a joint statement on Tuesday expressing concern for the safety of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian aid...

Erdoğan denies his party’s role in legal case that could oust main opposition leader

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has no involvement in a lawsuit that could remove the leader...

German, Austrian court rulings draw warnings over spying by Ankara-linked institutions

Bünyamin Tekin Recent German and Austrian court decisions that cite country background on Turkey compiled by Austrian authorities have triggered new warnings about the surveillance...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s ‘masterpiece’: demolition of the rule of law

Adem Yavuz Arslan* Mimar Sinan, the Ottoman Empire’s legendary architect, is remembered for three defining works: the Şehzade Mosque, his apprenticeship; the Süleymaniye Mosque, his...

Turkish screenwriter detained over past remarks about fictional character

Merve Göntem, a screenwriter for the popular Turkish TV series "Kızılcık Şerbeti" (Cranberry Sorbet), was detained in İstanbul on Monday as prosecutors launched an...

Turkish rock band members jailed over alleged insults to religion

Five members of a Turkish rock band were arrested on charges of insulting religious values and inciting hatred, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported...

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