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CPJ urges Turkey to safeguard journalist after death threats tied to court bribery story

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday called on Turkish authorities to protect a reporter and his family after they received death threats...

Turkey should scrap ‘obsolete and unjustified’ offense of insulting the president: HRW

Human Rights Watch has renewed its call for Turkey to repeal Article 299 of the penal code, which criminalizes “insulting the president,” citing recent...

Turkey’s youth mark their national day amid growing discontent and calls for change

As Turkey celebrated its annual Youth and Sports Day on Monday, many young people found little to cheer about. The national holiday — which commemorates...

Israeli Defense Minister Katz thanks Azerbaijan for mediating with Turkey over Syria

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Monday thanked Azerbaijan for helping mediate military and diplomatic coordination with Turkey amid growing friction in Syria, where...

Turkish prosecutors seek lengthy prison sentences in deadly Kartalkaya hotel fire case

Prosecutors in Turkey are seeking long prison sentences for 32 suspects over a fire that killed 78 people at a ski resort hotel in...

Erdoğan says easing of US defense sanctions under Trump signals end of CAATSA restrictions

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Saturday that US sanctions targeting Turkey’s defense sector are softening under President Donald Trump and that steps toward...

Top Iranian court upholds death sentence of pop singer extradited from Turkey

Iran's Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence on blasphemy charges handed down to a pop singer whom Turkey had extradited at Tehran’s request,...

Artist shamed for silence on PKK disbandment says real danger is Turkey’s corrupt elite

A prominent Turkish-Kurdish singer and filmmaker slammed a government-aligned media campaign urging artists to support the recent disbanding of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party...

Director Fatih Akın says Turkey is run by ‘mobsters,’ fears arrest over jailed manager

Acclaimed film director Fatih Akın said he fears ending up behind bars if he returns to Turkey, with his manager in jail there accused...

Swedish journalist freed in Turkey after arrest on ‘terrorism’ charges

A Swedish journalist arrested in Turkey on terrorism charges as well as insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been released, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson...

Turkey evacuates 82 nationals from Libya amid deadly clashes

Turkey has evacuated 82 of its citizens from Libya following days of deadly fighting between rival armed groups in the capital of Tripoli, the...

Russia, Ukraine agree to prisoner swap, fail to reach truce in first talks since 2022

Russia and Ukraine agreed to a large-scale prisoner exchange, said they would trade ideas on a possible ceasefire and discussed a potential meeting between...

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