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Aide cooperating with investigation into New York mayor over dealings with Turkish officials: NYT

Rana Abbasova, an aide to New York Mayor Eric Adams who served as his longtime liaison to the Turkish community, has turned against him...

Former Turkish general helped smuggle people into Turkey in his official car, journalist claims

A former Turkish general used his official car to smuggle people from Syria into Turkey, according to a journalist citing anonymous military sources. Barış Terkoğlu...

Erdoğan, far-right ally welcome lengthy prison sentences for Kurdish politicians

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his far-right ally, Devlet Bahçeli, have expressed satisfaction with the verdict in the Kobani trial, in which several Kurdish...

Czech police charge 14 with people smuggling from Turkey

Czech police on Tuesday said they have charged 14 people accused of smuggling at least 2,000 people to Europe mostly from Turkey since 2021,...

Turkey grants visa-free travel to Romanian citizens

Romanian citizens will no longer need a visa to visit Turkey, according to a presidential decision published in the Official Gazette. The visa exemption was...

27 more May Day demonstrators detained in house raids in İstanbul

Turkish police detained 27 more people who resisted law enforcement in İstanbul on May Day in an attempt to hold a demonstration in central...

Turkey announces day of mourning over death of Iranian president

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Monday his country would observe a day of mourning over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in...

6,505 babies born to underage mothers in Turkey in 2023

Turkey recorded a significant number of underage births in 2023, with 6,505 births among girls aged 15-17 and 130 births to girls under 15,...

At least 2,500 young workers died in occupational accidents in a decade: report

Turkey has recorded at least 2,500 deaths in work-related accidents since 2013, according to a report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG), the...

İmamoğlu slammed for wasting municipal resources on lavish trip to Rome

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has come under fire for using municipal resources to take dozens of journalists on a trip to Rome in a...

Joint letter calls for release of 48 people arrested over May Day demonstrations

More than 100 individuals well known in Turkish society have called for the release of 48 people who were arrested earlier this month after...

Police chiefs among 7 arrested over probe into mob boss with alleged ties to former minister

One junior and two senior police chiefs along with four others have been arrested as part of an investigation into organized crime boss Ayhan...

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