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83-year-old retired general faces serious health risks in prison

Nilgül Doğan, the wife of 83-year-old retired general Çetin Doğan, has announced that her husband’s incarceration has led to a significant deterioration of his...

Man killed in cable car accident turns out to be purge victim

Memiş Enes Gümüş, a 54-year-old man who was killed in a cable car accident in southern Turkey, has been revealed to have been one...

Gov’t procurement agency defends Erdoğan in-laws’ company after dispute with opposition

Turkey's Presidency of Defense Industry (SSB), the government's defense procurement agency, strongly defended Baykar, a prominent defense contractor owned by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s...

Opposition MP submits legislative proposal seeking ban on Turkey’s trade with Israel

A lawmaker from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has submitted a proposal to the country’s parliament that seeks a ban...

Meta to temporarily shut down Threads platform in Turkey

Meta Platforms Inc said it is temporarily shutting down its social networking platform Threads in Turkey as of April 29 in order to comply...

Foreigners have bought over 384,000 homes in Turkey since 2012

More than 384,000 homes have been sold to foreign buyers in Turkey, most of them bought to acquire citizenship, since a regulation lifting restrictions...

Turkish court arrests opposition mayor over deadly cable car accident

In a development seen as politically motivated by many, a Turkish court has ruled for the arrest of the opposition mayor of a district...

Passengers rescued after 23 hours from deadly cable car accident in Turkey

Rescue workers finished evacuating dozens of passengers trapped for 23 hours mid-air Saturday after a cable car accident in southern Turkey that killed one...

One killed in cable car collapse in Turkey

One person was killed and seven injured when a pylon supporting cable cars collapsed outside the Turkish resort city of Antalya, authorities said Friday,...

Justice remains elusive for family of 11-year-old girl six years after her suspicious death

Şaban Vatan, the father of Rabia Naz, who died six years ago and whose death was allegedly covered up by a senior ruling party...

Turkish state broadcaster says cameraman lost leg after Israeli strike on refugee camp

Sami Shahadeh, a cameraman for Turkish state-owned channel TRT Arabi, had his leg amputated after his team’s car was targeted by the Israeli military...

CoE calls on Turkey to amend criminal and anti-terrorism laws, release political prisoners

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE), which monitors the enforcement of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR),...

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