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Pro-Kurdish party urges Turkish gov’t to free former leaders Demirtaş, Yüksekdağ after CoE ruling

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has called on the government to immediately release prominent Kurdish politicians Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen...

Turkey’s inflation rises in September for first time in 16 months

Turkey’s official annual inflation rate climbed in September for the first time in more than a year, official figures showed Friday, undercutting government pledges...

Magnitude 5 earthquake jolts Turkey’s Marmara coast, no major damage reported

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck the Marmara Sea off the coast of Tekirdağ province in northwestern Turkey on Thursday, shaking İstanbul and surrounding cities...

Survey: Turks back NATO and EU ties but split on global alliances

A new nationwide survey shows most people in Turkey support NATO membership and the continuation of the country’s long-stalled bid to join the European...

‘Defect or be jailed’: opposition mayors face new threat in Turkey

Turkish opposition leaders say the government has found a new way to silence dissent: pressuring its mayors and local officials to defect to the...

Turkey arrests son of former media boss in money-laundering probe

A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of businessman Atilla Ciner, the son of former media boss and businessman Turgay Ciner, and Ciner Glass...

Turkish journalist Karabay acquitted of some charges but will remain in prison

A Turkish court on Thursday acquitted journalist Furkan Karabay of spreading disinformation and targeting public officials involved in counterterrorism efforts but convicted him of...

Turkey expects to resolve Halkbank dispute with manageable fine: report

Turkey is preparing to settle a long-running dispute with the United States over allegations that state lender Halkbank helped Iran evade sanctions, with officials...

Turkey slams Israel for Gaza flotilla arrests and opens probe

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday accused Israel of "brutality" in boarding an aid flotilla that said it was sailing to help Palestinians...

European rights court rules against Turkey over passport cancellations of dismissed academics

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of two academics by canceling their passports under a state...

Football club fined for Kurdish-language jersey ad

A football club based in the predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır has been fined for a Kurdish-language advertising slogan on its jerseys, the Stockholm...

Pro-gov’t TV fires reporter who said on hot mic Turkey gained nothing from Erdoğan-Trump talks

A Turkish pro-government broadcaster dismissed its Washington correspondent after a hot mic captured him saying that “Turkey gained nothing” from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s...

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