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Turkey orders 18 more detentions in expanding crackdown on İstanbul Municipality

Turkish authorities on Friday issued detention warrants for 18 more people as part of an ongoing corruption investigation into the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB),...

Turkey has investigated over 1.6 million for terrorism since 2016 coup attempt: report

More than 1.6 million people in Turkey have been investigated for terrorism since a coup attempt in 2016, according to a new human rights...

Defendants decry personal toll as trial of young girls is adjourned

Defendants in Turkey’s ongoing “girls’ trial” described the lasting emotional, psychological and personal toll of facing terrorism charges over routine religious and educational activities...

Recognition of sovereign equality essential for Cyprus talks to resume: Turkish Cypriot leader

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said Thursday that formal negotiations to resolve the Cyprus issue will not resume unless the sovereign equality and equal...

Judge orders arrest of Faladdin founder over AI-powered fortune-telling gains

A Turkish court on Thursday arrested Sertaç Taşdelen, founder of the fortune-telling apps Faladdin and Binnaz, on charges of generating illicit income through digital...

CHP files criminal complaint over allegations of rigging in exam for secondary education

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) filed a criminal complaint on Friday over alleged wrongdoing in the 2025 High School Placement Exam (LGS),...

Turkey joins Arab states in backing Syria’s unity as Bedouin-Druze war escalates near Sweida

Turkey joined the foreign ministers of 10 Arab nations in a statement supporting Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, denouncing recent Israeli airstrikes on Damascus...

Syrian Kurdish official rejects Turkish calls to lay down arms, says SDF seeks integration instead

A top Syrian Kurdish official has rejected Turkish calls for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to give up their weapons as part of Ankara’s...

Turkey unveils AI-supported Steel Dome system for layered air defense

Haluk Görgün, the head of Turkey’s top defense procurement agency, on Wednesday unveiled a new artificial intelligence-supported air defense system named “Çelik Kubbe” (Steel...

Court denies request to hear tourism minister in trial over deadly hotel fire in northwestern Turkey

A Turkish court on Thursday rejected a request to hear Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy as a witness in a trial concerning...

Villagers begin hunger strike to protest bill enabling mining in olive-producing areas

A group of villagers from across Turkey who have spent the past two weeks protesting in front of the Turkish Parliament against a controversial...

Court releases 4 journalists arrested over alleged links to ‘illegal organization’

A criminal court on Wednesday ordered the release of four journalists who had spent a month in pretrial detention after they were arrested on...

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