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ECtHR faults Turkey for post-coup detention of 137 people over Gülen links

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the arrest and pretrial detention of 137 people following a failed coup in...

Erdoğan says swift integration of Syrian Kurds will help stabilize Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Syrian Kurdish forces' quick integration into Syria would help accelerate the country's development and promote national unity, in...

Erdoğan’s far-right ally rebukes ‘triumphal’ reactions to Gaza truce

Devlet Bahçeli, leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has sharply criticized what he...

Turkish academic arrested over social media poll on foreign intervention in dictatorships

Turkish academic and author Emrah Gülsunar has been arrested over a poll he posted on X that asked whether seeking foreign help to overthrow...

15 arrested in bribery, organized crime probe targeting former CHP mayor in Bursa

Fifteen people, including a former district mayor from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), have been arrested in a bribery and organized crime...

ECtHR notifies Turkey of a record 4,800 additional applications over Gülen-linked convictions

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has notified Turkey of an additional 4,800 applications in its docket related to convictions for Gülen movement...

Journalist covering environmental issues fights for his life after attack in İstanbul

Turkish journalist and environmental activist Hakan Tosun is in intensive care after being brutally assaulted in İstanbul, in what his family and colleagues suspect...

Organized crime groups offer murder-for-hire online in Turkey: report

Organized crime groups in Turkey are now advertising murder-for-hire, assaults, drug sales and forged identity documents as “services” in messaging apps, according to a...

Turkey posts record current account surplus on tourism, trade boost: report

Turkey recorded its largest-ever current account surplus in August, boosted by strong tourism revenue and a narrowing trade deficit, offering brief relief to the...

Ankara mayor slams move to investigate him over concert spending probe

Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş has denounced a request by prosecutors to open an investigation into his conduct over a corruption probe involving municipal concert...

3 Turkish MPs, 18 citizens detained in Gaza flotilla make their way back to Turkey

Three Turkish lawmakers and 18 citizens who were among the passengers on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted by Israel on Wednesday have returned to Turkey through...

Senior AKP lawmaker calls for Holocaust films to be banned in Turkey

A senior lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has called for a nationwide ban on films about the Holocaust, saying such...

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