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Seven dead, 11 injured in southern Turkey bus crash

Seven people died and 11 others were injured early Saturday when an intercity bus crashed into a truck on a highway in southern Turkey,...

Turkey opened more than 1.1 million criminal insult investigations in 2024

Turkey opened a combined total of 1,166,583 criminal insult investigations in 2024,  according to justice ministry data disclosed in parliament this week and reported...

Turkish TV anchors detained in celebrity drug probe

Three news anchors from major Turkish television stations were detained in İstanbul on Friday in a narcotics investigation, according to local media. Ela Rümeysa Cebeci...

11 suspects re-arrested hours after release in probe targeting İstanbul municipality

Eleven people who were ordered to be released on Thursday in an investigation targeting the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality were taken back into custody as...

Parliamentary body receives only summary of Turkish lawmakers’ meeting with PKK leader

A special parliamentary body on Thursday received only a four-page summary of a recent meeting between Turkish lawmakers and jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...

US ambassador says key obstacle to Turkey’s F-35 return may soon be resolved: report

US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack has said Turkey is moving closer to removing a key obstacle caused by its acquisition of a Russian...

Turkey seizes assets of PayCo electronic payment company in money-laundering, illegal betting probe

An İstanbul court has frozen the assets of the PayCo electronic payment company and several suspects as part of an investigation into alleged money...

Turkey detains 35 in widening football betting probe

The İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office said Friday it had ordered the detention of 46 people, among them 29 footballers, as part of a sprawling...

Janitor allegedly wheels millions in gold out of İstanbul courthouse, then flies to UK

A janitor at an İstanbul courthouse is accused of emptying an evidence vault containing about 147 million lira ($3.5 million) in gold and silver...

Worker deaths in Turkey hit 14-year high with 216 fatalities in November

Worker deaths in Turkey reached their highest monthly level in 14 years in November, with at least 216 fatalities recorded nationwide, the Stockholm Center...

Cosmetics factory in Turkey where 7 died lacked permits, inspectors say

A cosmetics factory in northwestern Turkey where seven workers died in a fire last month had been operating without a fire-safety certificate or a...

Erdoğan gov’t faces backlash over selective pay raise for senior civil servants

The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is under fire after a key parliamentary committee approved a plan for a large pay raise...

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