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Israel orders UN food agency to cut ties with Turkish NGO in Gaza

Israel has ordered the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) to suspend its work in Gaza with a Turkish NGO it designated as a terrorist...

Markets reel after court removes main opposition leadership in Turkey

Turkish stocks plunged, the lira came under pressure and JPMorgan forecast an imminent rate hike after a court stripped the main opposition Republican People's...

Turkish court’s removal of CHP leadership draws international backlash

International criticism has been mounting since a Turkish appeals court annulled the 2023 congress of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), removing party...

Erdoğan closes major private university in İstanbul, leaving students, academics in limbo

Turkey has closed İstanbul Bilgi University, a major private university long known for its liberal academic environment and international programs, by presidential decree, leaving...

Turkish court releases 9 defendants in İstanbul Municipality case targeting jailed mayor

An İstanbul court on Thursday ordered the release of nine defendants in a corruption trial involving jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and more than...

First Gaza flotilla activists arrive in İstanbul from Israel

Israel said on Thursday it had deported all the foreign activists seized by its forces from a Gaza-bound flotilla, as the first group arrived...

Turkish court keeps arrest warrant in force for Gülen despite his death: report

A Turkish court has kept in force an arrest warrant for Fethullah Gülen, the Turkish Islamic scholar who was a critic of the government...

Court releases DW journalist held 90 days over alleged insult of Erdoğan

A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the conditional release of Deutsche Welle journalist Alican Uludağ, who had been held for 90 days on charges...

Turkey passes wealth amnesty, 20-year foreign income tax break for new residents

Turkey’s parliament has approved a tax package that creates a new asset-repatriation amnesty and grants a 20-year income tax exemption on foreign-sourced income to...

21 detained in probe into alleged cover-up of general’s son’s death

Turkish authorities detained 21 suspects Thursday in a reopened investigation into an alleged cover-up and evidence tampering in the 2018 death of a retired...

Turkey orders detention of 25 public figures in expanding celebrity drug probe

Turkish prosecutors on Thursday ordered the detention of 25 public figures, including actors, musicians and media personalities, as part of an expanding narcotics investigation...

Turkey’s US Treasury holdings plunge as central bank defends lira: report

Turkey’s holdings of US Treasury securities fell by nearly 89 percent in March as the country used liquid foreign assets during its defense of...

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