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Turkey’s defense spending rises sharply but still lags behind NATO’s new 5 pct goal

Turkey’s defense budget has more than doubled in the past four years, increasing from about $13 billion in 2021 to a planned $32.6 billion...

Democratic society, peace and integration key to PKK’s laying down of arms: Öcalan

Jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan has told visiting lawmakers that “democratic society, peace and integration” are the three key concepts for...

Germany awards prestigious Goethe Medal to jailed businessman Kavala

Jailed Turkish businessman and civil society leader Osman Kavala has been awarded the 2025 Goethe Medal, Germany’s official badge of honor for contributions to...

Turkey sets year-end goal for PKK peace framework

Turkey has given a parliamentary commission until the end of the year to lay the groundwork for a peace process with the outlawed Kurdistan...

Mourinho sacked by Fenerbahce after Champions League exit

The former Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Roma coach who arrived at the club in June 2024, led İstanbul's...

Öcalan receives delegation as parliament hears former speakers over legal roadmap on peace with PKK

Members of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party met with jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan on Thursday, the same day a parliamentary commission...

European mayors, barred from visiting jailed İstanbul mayor, say he is ‘not alone’

A delegation of European mayors who traveled to İstanbul on Thursday to show solidarity with jailed Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was arrested on corruption...

Erdoğan collected board fees from 7 companies as İstanbul mayor, opposition says, citing 1995 city letter

Turkey’s main opposition party says a 1995 city letter shows President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, then mayor of İstanbul, received monthly board fees from seven...

Climate change increased risk of Turkey, Greece wildfires tenfold: report

The wildfires that raged across Greece, Turkey and Cyprus this summer were 22 percent more intense and 10 times more likely than they would...

Turkey seizes defense contractor Assan Group companies, detains 2 executives in espionage probe

Turkish authorities have seized 10 companies owned by Ankara-based defense contractor Assan Group and detained two of its senior executives as part of an...

Civil servant unions, opposition accuse Erdoğan gov’t of forcing millions into poverty with new wage deal

Public sector unions and the main opposition party in Turkey have accused the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of condemning millions to poverty...

7 Turkish political parties call for emergency parliamentary session on Gaza ‘massacre’

Seven political parties in Turkey have called for an emergency session of parliament to discuss what they described as a “massacre” in the Palestinian...

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