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Prominent Turkish academic ends political commentary, fearing imprisonment

Prominent Turkish academic and journalist Nuray Mert has announced that she will no longer write about Turkish politics or speak publicly on political matters,...

Staff left fire alarm unactivated in Turkey hotel blaze so VIPs could escape first: report

Hotel staff did not activate the fire alarm during a deadly January blaze at a Turkish ski resort in order to evacuate "privileged" guests...

PACE urges Turkey to implement ECtHR rulings

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution on Wednesday urging Turkey to fulfill its obligations under the European Convention...

Two journalists briefly detained in home raids in İstanbul

Two Turkish journalists were briefly detained on Thursday as part of an investigation into the sale of a television station, the İstanbul prosecutor's office...

İstanbul city official jailed along with mayor moved to house arrest amid health concerns

Mahir Polat, a senior official at the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, has been released from pretrial detention and put under house arrest, his lawyer said...

Turkey sees sixfold rise in foreign residents over two decades

Turkey's foreign resident population has grown nearly sixfold over the past 20 years, reaching 1,084,501 people with residence permits as of April 2025, according...

Turkey’s prison population exceeds capacity by nearly 100,000 amid recent surge in arrests

The number of people held in Turkish prisons rose by over 14,000 in three months, pushing the total inmate population nearly 100,000 over official...

Turkey triples poverty aid in lira, but inflation leaves more people with less

Turkey’s ruling party has tripled poverty-related aid spending since 2021, but the real value of assistance per person has declined, according to official data...

7 journalists indicted for covering protests over İstanbul mayor’s arrest

Turkish prosecutors have indicted seven journalists who were held in pretrial detention for several days last month for covering mass protests following the arrest of...

Berkin Elvan’s parents get suspended sentences on conviction of insulting Erdoğan

The parents of Berkin Elvan, a teenager who was killed during Turkey’s 2013 anti-government Gezi Park protests, have been handed down suspended sentences on...

Turkish court rejects appeal of Swedish journalist’s pretrial detention

A Turkish court has rejected an appeal challenging the pretrial detention of Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who is being held on terrorism-related charges at...

Pro-Turkey Syrian groups reduce presence in Kurdish area: official

Pro-Turkey Syrian groups have scaled down their military presence in a historically Kurdish-majority area of the country's north that they have controlled since 2018,...

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