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Police officers among 14 jailed for allegedly leaking information to İstanbul youth gang

Seven police officers were among 14 people put in pretrial detention on Monday on accusations of leaking judicial information to an İstanbul-based youth gang...

Missing Chinese businessman found dead in İstanbul

A Chinese businessman who had been reported missing in İstanbul was found dead and buried in a field in the city’s Arnavutköy district, the...

Turkey moves to seek extradition of ISIL suspects from Iraq after transfer of alleged ‘İstanbul emir’

İlyas Aydın, an alleged senior Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) figure known as the group’s “İstanbul emir,” has been transferred from...

Film on political repression in Turkey wins top prize in Berlin

A political drama set in Turkey claimed the top honor at the Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday, as the event unfolded against a...

Lawmaker asks ministers about possible Epstein links to Turkey’s missing children

An opposition lawmaker has formally asked five cabinet ministers whether any official records link Turkey to the network of the late, disgraced US financier...

Turkey reviews major social media platforms’ handling of children’s data

Turkey’s data protection watchdog has opened a review of how six major social media platforms process children’s personal data, as Ankara prepares separate legislation...

Erdoğan ally billionaire faces opposition over plan to dump 2 mln tons of waste a year into Black Sea

Environmental engineers, local officials and residents in the northern province of Samsun on Tuesday objected to a plan by copper producer Eti Bakır to...

Turkey detained 99 minors over protests linked to Syria offensive: pro-Kurdish party

Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party said Thursday that police had detained at least 99 minors in January over protests tied to a Syrian government offensive...

Football club executives among 32 detained in Turkey’s expanding betting probe

Turkish authorities have detained 32 people, including football club executives, in a third wave of operations as part of a growing investigation into alleged...

Turkey detains 6 European activists after prison visit

Turkey has detained six European activists who traveled to the country to examine the prison conditions of political detainees and moved them toward deportation,...

Turkish journalist arrested over alleged insult of Erdoğan in social media posts

A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of journalist Alican Uludağ, a reporter for Deutsche Welle’s Turkish service, on charges of insulting President...

137 press freedom violations recorded in Turkey in 2025: report

Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) documented 137 press freedom violations in Turkey in 2025, the third highest among EU member states and candidate countries,...

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