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Erdoğan says Turkey discovered new natural gas reserve in Black Sea

Turkey has discovered a new natural gas reserve in the Black Sea that will meet its residential energy needs for more than three years,...

Turkish prosecutors seek lengthy prison sentences in deadly Kartalkaya hotel fire case

Prosecutors in Turkey are seeking long prison sentences for 32 suspects over a fire that killed 78 people at a ski resort hotel in...

Top Iranian court upholds death sentence of pop singer extradited from Turkey

Iran's Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence on blasphemy charges handed down to a pop singer whom Turkey had extradited at Tehran’s request,...

Artist shamed for silence on PKK disbandment says real danger is Turkey’s corrupt elite

A prominent Turkish-Kurdish singer and filmmaker slammed a government-aligned media campaign urging artists to support the recent disbanding of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party...

Director Fatih Akın says Turkey is run by ‘mobsters,’ fears arrest over jailed manager

Acclaimed film director Fatih Akın said he fears ending up behind bars if he returns to Turkey, with his manager in jail there accused...

Swedish journalist freed in Turkey after arrest on ‘terrorism’ charges

A Swedish journalist arrested in Turkey on terrorism charges as well as insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been released, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson...

Turkish police detain 101 more people over alleged Gülen links: minister

Turkish police teams have detained 101 more people in the ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing...

Businessman arrested for bribery alleged in investigation into opposition-run municipality

Turkish authorities have arrested businessman Kemal Şahin as part of a bribery probe targeting the opposition-run Büyükçekmece Municipality in İstanbul, Turkish media reported on...

Public BMI checks in Turkey draw backlash, ridicule amid rising poverty

Turkey’s new public health campaign to combat obesity by measuring citizens’ Body Mass Index (BMI) in public spaces has been met with widespread criticism...

RTÜK fines opposition TV stations over coverage of assault on main opposition leader

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting and streaming regulator, has imposed administrative fines on two television stations over their coverage of...

Turkey’s jails overflow as prison population tops 400,000

The number of people held in Turkish prisons rose by over 4,000 in a month, pushing the total inmate population to over 400,000, exceeding...

Top court upholds police officer’s sentence for killing teenager during 2013 protests

Turkey’s top appeals court has upheld a prison sentence handed down to a police officer who was convicted of causing the death of a...

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