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Fenerbahçe signs record €120 mln sponsorship deal with Chobani amid nationalist backlash

Fenerbahçe, one of Turkey’s largest football clubs, has signed a historic sponsorship agreement with US-based yogurt giant Chobani in a deal worth at least...

Erdoğan halts miners’ strike, sparks criticism over constitutional rights violation

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ordered the postponement of a miners’ strike at a state-owned company out of concerns for national security, in...

Turkish city of Silopi calls for help after temperatures top record 50 degrees C

A choking heatwave left astonished locals in southeastern Turkey calling for state help to pay their air conditioning bills after the temperature surged past...

Turkish labor union announces strike after stalled wage negotiations

Turkey’s largest labor confederation has announced a series of strikes after failing to reach a deal with government employers over wage increases for 600,000...

Turkish opposition demands answers after soldiers die during training amid heatwave

A Turkish opposition lawmaker has filed a parliamentary inquiry into the deaths of two conscript soldiers during basic training in southern Turkey at the...

Turkish district governor accused of beating minors after argument with his son

Turgay Gülenç, the governor of a district in southern Turkey, is facing accusations of child abuse and misconduct after allegedly assaulting five boys aged...

Jailed İstanbul mayor slams gov’t inaction, urges apolitical response to wildfires

Ekrem İmamoğlu, İstanbul’s jailed mayor and an opposition presidential candidate, has accused Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of negligence and prioritizing partisan...

Court upholds ISIL suspect’s acquittal in 2015 Ankara bombing, prompting backlash

A Turkish appeals court has upheld a lower court’s acquittal of an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suspect on the charge...

Authorities block prosecution of officer who killed 7-year-old with armored vehicle in SE Turkey

A district governor in southeastern Turkey has blocked the prosecution of a police officer who fatally struck 7-year-old Miraç Miroğlu with an armored vehicle,...

Turkey detained 77 people in 2 weeks of operations targeting Gülen movement: minister

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Tuesday that 77 people had been detained in nationwide operations over the past two weeks as part...

Journalists protest outside Israeli Consulate in İstanbul, urge sanctions over killings of Palestinian reporters

Turkish journalists and representatives from press unions staged a protest outside the Israeli Consulate General in İstanbul on Tuesday, condemning what they described as...

25 more face detention in expanding probe targeting İstanbul Municipality

Turkish prosecutors have launched another wave of operations targeting the opposition-run İstanbul Municipality, issuing detention warrants for 25 people as part of an ongoing...

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