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Mobile networks collapse after İstanbul earthquake, echoing failures seen in 2023 disaster

Mobile phone networks failed across İstanbul for several minutes after a powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the city’s coast on Wednesday, cutting off communication...

Turkey’s main opposition party set to defy protest ban

Turkey's main opposition party has called on supporters to gather outside parliament on Wednesday in defiance of a government ban on protests on a...

Powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off İstanbul coast, widely felt across region

A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Marmara Sea near the western outskirts of İstanbul on Wednesday, shaking Turkey’s largest city and sending residents into...

Turkey drops leaflets in northern Iraq urging PKK fighters to surrender, citing Öcalan’s appeal

Turkish military aircraft on Tuesday dropped leaflets over mountainous areas of Iraq’s northern Duhok province, calling on fighters from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party...

Turkey’s state-run oil company says it plans energy exploration off Cyprus

Turkey is preparing to expand its energy exploration efforts to waters off the coast of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC), a state...

Pro-gov’t journalist faces prison over false claims of main opposition party takeover

Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to three years for pro-government journalist Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı for claiming that the government would...

Witness details torture of former teacher in Turkish custody, says ‘clothes were soaked in blood’

A witness testified in court last Thursday, describing signs of apparent torture inflicted on a former teacher while he was in detention following a...

Turkish textile worker arrested after protesting economic hardship prior to Erdoğan speech

A Turkish textile worker was arrested and jailed on Saturday after throwing a phone at a stage where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was waiting...

Veteran actor fined for insulting Erdoğan

A Turkish court has fined veteran Turkish actor İlyas Salman 7,000 lira for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a 2022 interview, the latest...

İmamoğlu says he was jailed because Erdoğan gov’t feared his presidential bid would end their rule

İstanbul’s suspended mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has said that he was imprisoned because Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) believed...

İstanbul student alleges torture after sharing videos of police mistreating protesters

A university student in İstanbul has alleged on social media that he was tortured in police custody after being detained for sharing images and...

Whistleblower jolts Ankara’s hidden succession fight with claims over blackmail archive

TM Editorial From the Netherlands, where he now resides after being released from custody in March, the former finance chief of slain Turkish Cypriot casino...

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