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ECtHR reverses earlier ruling, finds Turkey violated rights of man convicted over alleged Gülen links

Fatma Zibak The European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) Grand Chamber ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of a man convicted of membership...

Turkish police detain 25 over alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 25 people in coordinated operations across six provinces as part of an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement,...

Woman who fled to US with son after fatal crash says family settled with victim’s heirs

Eylem Tok, the mother of a 17-year-old dual Turkish-US citizen accused of causing a fatal car accident in İstanbul and fleeing to the United...

PKK urges Turkey to overcome ‘obstacles’ in peace process

Two senior figures from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) urged Turkish authorities to remove what they described as "obstacles" to progress in peace...

Head of İstanbul doctors chamber warns Turkey may face shortage of surgeons

The newly elected head of the İstanbul Medical Chamber has warned that Turkey may struggle to find doctors willing to perform high-risk surgeries, citing...

Far-right Turkish leader praises Kurdish Amedspor in striking shift amid peace efforts

Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has congratulated the Amedspor football club on its promotion to the Süper Lig,...

Turkey’s ultra-wealthy population nearly doubles as income gap widens

Turkey’s ultra-wealthy population has nearly doubled over the past five years, growing more than three times faster than the global average, while high inflation...

Turkey’s media crackdown deepens with 13 journalist detentions in Q1, report finds

At least 13 journalists and one cartoonist were detained in Turkey in the first three months of 2026, according to a new report that...

640,000 Syrians have returned home from Turkey since Assad’s fall: UNHCR

Some 640,000 Syrians have returned home from Turkey since the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, according to figures from the...

İstanbul governor warns municipalities over stray dogs, says none will be left on the streets

İstanbul Governor Davut Gül has warned municipalities that they must fully enforce Turkey’s controversial stray dog law, saying the city would not allow stray...

Bosch pulls Mother’s Day commercial in Turkey after motherhood, pet ownership row

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has launched an investigation into a Bosch Turkey Mother’s Day commercial, which the company...

Spanish premier leaves Turkey after plane makes emergency landing

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez departed Ankara on Monday after his plane was forced to make an emergency landing in the Turkish capital due...

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