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New wave of #MeToo allegations rocks Turkey’s arts, media and schools

A fresh wave of MeToo-style allegations is reverberating across Turkey, with women and LGBTQ+ people accusing prominent men in the arts, media and education...

Iraq seeks to deport foreign prisoners, with Turks making up largest group

Iraq is preparing to deport hundreds of foreign women and children held in its prisons, with Turkish nationals forming the largest group among the...

İmamoğlu slams AKP gov’t for weak stance on Gaza due to ‘political calculations’

İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has accused the Turkish government of failing to respond forcefully to Israel’s war in Gaza, saying Ankara has been...

University entrance exam results raise concerns over quality of education, private universities

Turkey’s 2025 university entrance exam results, announced Monday by the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM), showed state universities at nearly full enrollment while...

Turkey detains second lawyer representing jailed İstanbul mayor

A second lawyer for jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has been detained in northern Turkey as part of an expanding corruption investigation into the...

ZIM reroutes vessels after Turkey bans Israel-linked ships, company says

Israeli container line ZIM said it is rerouting vessels after Turkey adopted a regulation that bars ships owned, managed or operated by entities related...

Jailed Turkish journalist begins hunger strike to protest prosecutor’s unlawful practices

Turkish journalist Ufuk Şanlı has started a hunger strike to protest what he describes as “unlawful practices“ by the prosecutor, the Stockholm Center for...

Turkey deepens contacts with eastern Libya amid talks on contested maritime deal

Turkey’s intelligence chief met on Monday with the commander of eastern Libya’s armed forces in Benghazi as relations improve between Ankara and the rival...

Prosecutor orders review of camera footage in search for missing Russian swimmer in Bosphorus race

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the collection of security footage from the Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race as part of an investigation into the disappearance of...

US ambassador to Turkey visits coffee chain boycotted by opposition over gov’t ties

US Ambassador to Turkey Thomas Barrack on Monday visited a branch of a coffee chain that is on a protest-linked consumer boycott list initiated...

Turkey condemns Israel after journalists killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

Turkey’s top communications official accused Israel of committing “crimes against humanity and war crimes” after five journalists and 15 others were killed in an...

Turkish transport minister fined after video of him speeding sparks backlash

Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu admitted to speeding on a highway near Ankara after posting a video promoting government road projects, a...

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