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Protestors demand release of Turkish women jailed in Malta while fleeing persecution

Two Turkish women who fled Turkey to avoid a government crackdown in the aftermath of a coup attempt in 2016 and were arrested in...

12-year-old boy started the forest fire in Manavgat: report

A 12-year-old boy has admitted to starting a forest fire in the coastal tourist destination of Manavgat, according to a report by Deutsche Welle...

ErdoÄŸan puts blame on opposition municipalities for poor response to wildfires

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has held the metropolitan municipalities run by opposition parties on Turkey’s southern and western coasts responsible for the country’s...

Turkey investigates social media users calling for int’l help to combat wildfires

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into social media users who shared and supported an aid campaign on Twitter earlier this week seeking international...

Hundreds evacuated by sea as wildfire reaches Turkish power plant

Turkish rescuers on Thursday began evacuating hundreds of villagers by sea after a deadly wildfire engulfed the outer edges of a thermal power plant...

Deadly wildfires reach Turkish power plant, sparking evacuations

A thermal power plant and its surrounding town on the Aegean Sea were being evacuated on Wednesday as a deadly wildfire that has ravaged...

Opposition mayors ready to breathe new life into THK’s firefighting aircraft

Eleven mayors from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have said in a joint statement that they are ready to pay the maintenance...

Pro-gov’t journalist suggests another coup attempt is looming in Turkey

A staunchly pro-government journalist in Turkey has suggested that "strange developments" are taking place against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government and...

Syria shelling by Turkey, proxies kills 4, says war monitor

Shelling by Turkish forces and their rebel proxies killed three children and a male relative in northern Syria Wednesday, a war monitor said, in...

Municipal council approves mayor’s anti-refugee proposal

The municipal council of the northwestern Turkish province of Bolu has approved by a majority vote a controversial proposal made by the mayor targeting...

Top court rules on ‘overly broad’ law on criminal organization membership

Turkey's Constitutional Court has issued a so-called pilot judgment about a provision of the Turkish Penal Code prescribing the penalty for offenses committed "on...

10 arrested on charges of murdering Kurdish family in central Turkey

Ten people have been arrested and jailed in connection with the killing of seven members of a Kurdish family in the central province of Konya...

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