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Far-right leader says social media must be eradicated, backs Erdoğan beyond term limit

Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has called for the eradication of social media and voiced support for President Recep Tayyip...

Italy, Turkey sign deal to curb irregular migration from Libya

Italy and Turkey signed an agreement on Thursday to step up efforts against irregular migration, focusing on departures from Libya, their foreign ministers said. Italian...

Turkey dominates ECtHR docket with over one-third of pending applications

Turkey is the leading country in the number of pending cases before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), with 21,800 applications awaiting judgement,...

Jailed daughter mourns in handcuffs after being denied attendance at father’s funeral

After being denied the opportunity to attend her father’s funeral on Monday, Sueda Güngör, who is currently in pretrial detention, was allowed by Turkish...

Turkey blocks access to Grok’s X account, citing national security

Turkish authorities have blocked access to the X account of Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, under a law that...

Rights groups urge Turkey to stop social media throttling after 21-hour blackout

A coalition of human rights organizations led by London-based free expression group Article 19 on Thursday urged Turkey to stop throttling social media and...

Pro-Kurdish party slams crackdown on main opposition, warns of ‘judicial engineering of politics’

Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit, deputy group chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), has denounced the deepening crackdown on Turkey’s main...

Turkey seizes prominent media outlets, university along with 121 companies

Turkish authorities ordered the seizure of 121 companies linked to Can Holding, including prominent broadcasters Habertürk and Show TV as well as İstanbul Bilgi...

Turkish defense contractor Aselsan debuts counter-drone system at London fair

Turkish defense contractor Aselsan has unveiled its new KORKUT 100/25 SB counter-drone system at the Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) fair in London,...

Hamas presence in Turkey under spotlight after Israeli airstrike on Qatar: report

Turkey is weighing the risk of possible Israeli covert action against Hamas officials on its soil following this week’s airstrike on the group’s leaders...

Court rejects bid to annul İstanbul CHP congress, deepening standoff over opposition stronghold

An Ankara court on Thursday rejected lawsuits seeking to overturn the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) 2023 İstanbul provincial congress and its 2023 national congress,...

Turkish Defense Ministry confirms soldiers died of heat exposure during training

The Turkish Defense Ministry said two conscripts who died in southern Hatay province in July succumbed to complications caused by prolonged exposure to extreme...

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