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Turkey reveals ambition to build nuclear-powered submarines

Turkey’s top naval commander has announced the country's intention to eventually build nuclear-powered submarines, a move aimed at enhancing long-term deterrence and projecting power...

Turkey ranks 159th in new press freedom index: RSF

Turkey has dropped to 159th out of 180 countries in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index, published Friday by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Stockholm...

HRW urges Turkey to halt deportation of Turkmen activists at risk of torture, unfair trial

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Turkish authorities to immediately halt the deportation of two Turkmen activists detained in northern Turkey, warning that they face...

Footage shows moment deadly hotel fire began; broken grill thermostat cited as the cause

Newly emerged security footage shows the moment a fire began at the Grand Kartal Hotel, a winter resort in Turkey’s Bolu province, where 78...

Whistleblower who exposed Erdoğan allies’ ‘dirty money’ network murdered in Netherlands

Bünyamin Tekin A Turkish whistleblower who alleged a vast money-laundering and bribery scheme linking northern Cyprus to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s inner circle has been...

Ailing 85-year-old inmate freed following years of appeals by rights advocates

Halil Karakoç, an 85-year-old retired imam imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, was released from Menemen Prison on Thursday after spending...

UK lawyer files new appeal at ECtHR for journalist jailed for 9 years over Gülen links

Fatma Zibak A leading British human rights lawyer has filed an expanded appeal at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on behalf of Ali...

Majority of May Day detainees in İstanbul released, 36 remain in police custody

Turkish authorities have released 372 of the 419 people detained during May Day protests in İstanbul, while 36 of them remain in police custody,...

Jailed İstanbul mayor files more than 200 legal complaints over media smear campaign

Lawyers for İstanbul’s jailed mayor and opposition presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu have filed more than 200 criminal complaints against journalists, TV stations and online...

Majority of İstanbul residents oppose controversial canal project: survey

More than three-quarters of İstanbul residents oppose the controversial Kanal İstanbul project, a new survey from an agency affiliated with the İstanbul Municipality has...

PKK claims attacks on Kurdish security forces in northern Iraq

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Thursday claimed responsibility for two attacks in northern Iraq that wounded five Kurdish security personnel earlier this...

More than 400 detained in İstanbul for attempting to march to Taksim on May Day

More than 400 people were detained in İstanbul on Thursday as they attempted to march to the city’s iconic Taksim Square to mark International...

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