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Quake victims’ families appeal probe ban on former AKP mayors over collapse: lawyers

The families of 47 people who died in the collapse of an apartment building during earthquakes that struck southeastern Turkey on February 6, 2023,...

Court frees 18 in İstanbul Municipality case, İmamoğlu remains jailed

A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release under judicial supervision of 18 defendants in a high-profile corruption case targeting İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB)...

Turkey’s top court again finds Gezi defendant’s rights violated after lower court defied earlier ruling

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has for a second time found rights violations in the case of jailed city planner Tayfun Kahraman, ruling unanimously that the...

Forensic report finds no sign of external strike in Turkish C-130 crash

A forensic report prepared as part of an investigation into the November 2025 crash of a Turkish military C-130 cargo plane near the Georgia-Azerbaijan...

Turkey says users will need national ID numbers to access social media within 3 months

Turks will need national ID numbers to access social media within three months, Justice Minister Akın Gürlek said on Friday, in a move that...

Turkey scraps import duties on more fertilizers as Iran war drives up costs

Turkey on Friday expanded a customs duty exemption on some fertilizer imports to protect the agriculture sector from rising costs linked to the war...

Turkey’s official inflation rate slowed in March, but independent gauge showed it rising

Turkey’s annual inflation rate slowed to 30.87 percent in March from 31.53 percent in February according to official data, but an independent gauge by...

Nationalist opposition leader says Turkey is poorly governed, calls for early elections

İYİ (Good) Party leader Müsavat Dervişoğlu has called for early elections in Turkey, saying the country is being poorly governed and needs a vote...

Turkish defense ministry files criminal complaint after politician claims Israel downed military cargo plane

Turkey’s Ministry of Defense said on Thursday it had filed a criminal complaint after veteran politician Doğu Perinçek claimed that Israel shot down a...

Turkey says 75 percent of stray dogs have been rounded up amid criticism of cull law

Turkey has rounded up some 75 percent of stray dogs under a nationwide campaign, Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi said in remarks broadcast by the state-run...

Turkey presses Netherlands on 217 extradition requests tied to Gülen movement

Turkey’s justice minister said Ankara has asked the Netherlands to extradite 217 people over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, renewing a long-running...

Poll shows Turkey’s main opposition party leading ruling AKP as pro-Kurdish party’s support declines

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) remains ahead of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in voter support, while the pro-Kurdish Peoples’...

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