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Fresh fingerprint evidence casts doubt on 2015 police killings that ended peace talks with PKK

A newly released forensic report has raised fresh doubts about the 2015 killings of two police officers in the southeastern town of Ceylanpınar, an...

Trump calls Erdoğan ‘tough cookie,’ says NATO seeks his help to deal with Turkish president

US President Donald Trump has called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a "tough cookie" and said NATO allies have trouble dealing with him, telling...

Habertürk TV editor-in-chief detained in İstanbul drug probe, removed from job

The editor-in-chief of Habertürk TV, a major Turkish news station, has been detained in İstanbul as part of a drug investigation that is targeting...

Court rules Trump officials must restore Turkish student Rümeysa Öztürk’s status

A US federal judge has allowed Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University student from Turkey, to resume research and teaching while she deals with the...

Former Council of Europe rights chief says ECtHR has ignored the pattern of Turkey’s repression

A former human rights commissioner at the Council of Europe said the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had weakened its own credibility by...

VP says Turkey to start income top-up scheme in 2026, links welfare policies to election wins

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz told parliament on Tuesday that the government will start a pilot income "top-up scheme" for low-earning families in 2026,...

European police hack of SKY ECC triggered wide-ranging drug-trafficking investigations in Turkey

A police-led hacking of the SKY ECC encrypted messaging platform in Europe in 2021 has paved the way for extensive drug-trafficking investigations in Turkey, where...

Turkey’s new prison courtroom can accommodate mass trials of hundreds

Turkey is building a huge new courtroom inside its largest prison complex on the outskirts of İstanbul that can accommodate the mass trials of...

Turkey detained 24 journalists in 2025, RSF barometer on abuses shows

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) logged 24 cases of journalists detained in Turkey in 2025, including YouTube hosts, television anchors and staff of a leading...

Turkey secures €350 million loan from AIIB for railway modernization

Turkey has secured €350 million in external financing from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to modernize and maintain the country’s rail network, the...

68 arrested in Turkey after nationwide cybercrime raids: minister

Turkish courts have ordered the arrest of 68 people following nationwide cybercrime operations that targeted illegal betting networks, online child exploitation and large-scale fraud...

Dutch court freezes assets of TurkStream operator over Crimean seizures: report

A Dutch court has frozen the assets of TurkStream operator South Stream Transport as part of a bid by Ukrainian businesses to recover losses...

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