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Questions vetted in advance for Erdoğan on plane spark accusations of a stage-managed press in Turkey

Allegations that officials vetted questions posed to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a return flight from Washington have fueled accusations of a stage-managed press,...

Turkey helps rescue Gaza aid activists after ship breaks down

Turkey helped evacuate activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla after one of the vessels broke down and began taking on water, organizers and the...

Turkey issues arrest warrant for former media boss in money-laundering probe

Turkish prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for former media boss and businessman Turgay Ciner, while a court put his Ciner Group’s Park Holding...

Turkish court frees man who assaulted main opposition leader

An İstanbul court has ordered the release of a man who physically assaulted Özgür Özel, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP),...

Turkey says more than half a million Syrians have returned home since December

More than 500,000 Syrians who fled to Turkey during the rule of Bashar al-Assad have returned home since he was overthrown in December, a...

Turkey’s top court clears way for trial of ministry staff over deadly ski resort fire

The Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, has overturned a decision by the culture and tourism minister that shielded ministry officials from prosecution...

Turkish court orders 5 arrests in Ankara city hall concert spending probe

A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of five people, including former officials of the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, in connection with a corruption...

Iraq resumes Kurdish oil exports to Turkey after 2-year halt

Iraq on Saturday resumed crude exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region to Turkey, state media said, after a more than two-year halt over legal...

Trump links Erdoğan to ‘rigged elections,’ reviving scrutiny of Turkey’s vote security

US President Donald Trump sparked renewed debate about election integrity in Turkey on Thursday when he quipped during a White House meeting that his...

YouTubers face up to four-and-a-half years over joke about the Prophet Muhammad

Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment demanding prison sentences of up to four-and-a-half years for a YouTube program host and his guest, who were...

Erdoğan signals readiness to discuss reopening Halki Seminary after White House visit

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he is ready to discuss the possible reopening of the Halki Seminary, the Greek Orthodox theological school...

‘We are not afraid,’ jailed İstanbul mayor tells court

İstanbul's jailed opposition mayor on Friday said he was "not afraid" as he denounced the legal case against him as part of a broader...

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