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Turkish gov’t eyes release of up to 60,000 inmates under proposed sentence reform

The Turkish government is preparing a new sentence reform bill that could lead to the release of up to 60,000 inmates, as pressure mounts...

Turkey to screen citizens in public for excess weight, refer them to health centers

Turkey’s new health initiative to identify overweight people in public and refer them to health centers has triggered public backlash and ridicule. Health Minister Kemal...

Öcalan: founder of the Kurdish militant PKK who authored its end

Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist" to many within...

Kurdish militant PKK says disbanding, ending its decades-long armed struggle

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Monday announced its dissolution, saying it was ending its armed struggle against the Turkish state and drawing...

Turkey moves to block İmamoğlu’s int’l X account following ban on main handle

Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the opposition’s presidential candidate, posted a defiant message from his international X account on Saturday, hours after Turkish authorities...

Turkish man dies after company guards beat him during severance pay protest: report

A 48-year-old former textile technician died on Friday after allegedly being beaten by private security guards outside the İstanbul headquarters of Çalık Holding, where...

Turkish FM says he was poisoned with heavy metals as spy chief

Turkey's top diplomat revealed in an interview on Friday that he was poisoned with arsenic and mercury during his tenure as head of Turkey's...

[UPDATE] Female students among 77 jailed in Gülen-related crackdown in Turkey

Seventy-seven people, including dozens of female students, have been jailed pending trial in southeastern Turkey following a mass detention targeting alleged followers of the...

US judge orders release of Turkish student detained in immigration case

A US judge on Friday ordered the release of a Turkish student detained by federal agents as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on...

Exile, digital censorship and fight for press freedom take center stage at journalism event in Frankfurt

As the world marked World Press Freedom Day on May 3, journalists, scholars and artists gathered at the Haus am Dom cultural center in...

Brazilian supreme court releases Turkish-Brazilian businessman sought by Erdoğan gov’t over Gülen links

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) has ordered the release of Turkish-Brazilian businessman Mustafa Göktepe, who was arrested last week at the request of the...

Turkey blocked 27,304 social media accounts in first four months of 2025: minister

Turkey’s interior minister said on Wednesday 27,304 social media accounts had been blocked in the first four months of 2025 as part of the...

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