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Turkey’s jails overflow as inmate population nears 420,000

The number of people held in Turkish prisons has risen by more than 16,000 since April, pushing the total inmate population to 419,194 as...

Turkish authorities arrest YouTuber over filming content

Turkish authorities arrested street interviewer Özkan Bozkurt on Wednesday after he posted a video showing a person firing shots into the air during a...

Public employees union demands reinstatement of civil servants dismissed under emergency decrees

The Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions (KESK) on Monday called for the reinstatement of civil servants dismissed by emergency decrees during a post-coup...

Turkey bans concert by French singer over support for Israel

Turkish authorities said on Wednesday that they have banned a planned concert by French singer Enrico Macias in İstanbul after calls to protest the...

Thousands protest after court ousts main opposition party’s İstanbul leaders

Thousands of people rallied in İstanbul on Wednesday after a court removed the provincial leadership of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), in...

Jailed PKK leader calls Kurdish administration in Syria ‘a red line’ in peace efforts with Turkey: lawmaker

Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), told visitors that “Syria is my red line,” referring to the Kurdish-led administration...

CHP expels longtime party figure after accepting role on court-appointed caretaker board

Main opposition leader Özgür Özel announced on Tuesday that a longtime figure in the Republican People’s Party (CHP) who agreed to serve on a...

Removal of main opposition’s İstanbul leaders sparks outcry, seen as prelude to ousting of chairman

The court-ordered replacement of the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) İstanbul leadership with a caretaker board issued Tuesday has drawn sharp criticism from opposition figures,...

7 detained in İstanbul corruption probe targeting opposition-run municipalities

Seven employees from two opposition-run district municipalities in İstanbul have been detained as part of an expanding corruption investigation into alleged irregularities in public...

Turkish inflation eases further in August

Turkey’s annual inflation rate slowed to 32.95 percent in August, down from 33.52 percent in July, according to official data released Wednesday, coming in...

Turkish censors blocked 311,000 websites in 2024: report

Turkish authorities blocked access to more than 311,000 websites in 2024, the highest figure recorded since monitoring began, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported,...

Turkish defense contractor Lentatek signs first export deal for Kargı loitering munition

Turkish defense contractor Lentatek has signed its first export deal for the Kargı loitering munition, according to an announcement the company made on its...

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