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NATO surveilling Iran from Turkey as Ankara mulls entering Iranian territory to stop refugees: report

Surveillance of Iran from a NATO air base in central Anatolia has recently increased as Ankara prepares for the possibility of a US-led strike...

Jailed since 2017, Kavala says Turkish government made an example of him to intimidate activists

Turkish philanthropist and human rights defender Osman Kavala said his eight-year imprisonment on charges he calls fabricated serves as a deliberate warning to civil...

Turkey secures $6.75 bln for largest foreign-financed railway project

Turkey has reached a preliminary agreement with six international financial institutions for $6.75 billion in funding for a major railway project that will cross...

Marriages decrease, divorces increase in Turkey’s ‘Year of the Family’

The number of marriages in Turkey fell while divorces rose in 2025, official data showed on Tuesday, despite government efforts to promote the year...

Court sentences 7 journalists to 18 days over photos taken at Kobani hearing

A Turkish court has sentenced seven journalists to 18 days in prison for allegedly recording audio and video during the final hearing of the...

UN rights body to review case of teacher who died in Turkish prison due to lack of medication

A Geneva-based rights group said a case it submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee concerning the death of a teacher who died in...

Indictment seeks up to 10 years for parents, 3 others over alleged cover-up in fatal İstanbul crash

An indictment filed by Turkish prosecutors is seeking prison sentences of up to 10 years for the parents of a teenage driver and three...

72 face detention in $77.5 million illegal betting probe in Turkey

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 72 people in an illegal betting investigation based in the southern province of Antalya after identifying 3.4...

Lawyer slams ‘scandalous’ indictment concerning Turkish reporter’s death

Prosecutors want to charge two suspects with manslaughter rather than murder over the death of a Turkish journalist known for his environmental reporting, in...

Turkish court acquits youth activist prosecuted over speech at Council of Europe

A Turkish court on Monday acquitted human rights defender and LGBTQ+ activist Enes Hocaoğulları of charges of “publicly spreading misleading information” and “inciting hatred...

Turkish inspectors question children over religion classes and alleged insults of president

Government inspectors in western Turkey removed children as young as 9 from classrooms and questioned them about religion lessons and possible insults of President...

Turkey plans new limits on lawyer visits for terrorism, organized crime detainees: report

Turkey’s Justice Ministry is drafting legislation that would impose time, location and security restrictions on meetings between lawyers and detainees held on terrorism and...

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