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Turkish court orders arrest of 47 people, including left-wing opposition members and journalists

A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the arrest of 47 people, mainly members of the left-wing Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP), as well...

Turkey detains 2 on accusations of spying for Israel

Turkish intelligence has detained two people on suspicion of spying for Israel's Mossad and providing information that helped the spy agency target its enemies,...

Turkey signs MOU with Chevron to explore oil and gas cooperation

Turkey has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with US energy giant Chevron to assess potential cooperation in oil and natural gas exploration and...

Erdoğan says Saudi Arabia may invest in Turkey’s KAAN fighter jet

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey and Saudi Arabia are discussing a possible joint investment in KAAN, Turkey’s domestically developed fighter jet, signaling growing...

Earthquakes top public fears in İstanbul survey, with poverty preventing move to safer housing

A new survey conducted by the İstanbul Planning Agency has found that earthquakes are the biggest concern for residents of İstanbul, while financial hardship...

HRW documents Turkey’s authoritarian trajectory in 2025

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday that Turkey’s government consolidated its authoritarian trajectory in 2025 with an unprecedented campaign against the country’s main...

Kenyan court orders unconditional release of Turkish refugee sought by Ankara

A court in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Tuesday ordered the unconditional release of Turkish refugee Mustafa Güngör, who had been arrested following...

Heathrow still Europe’s busiest airport, but İstanbul gaining fast

London Heathrow remained the busiest aviation hub in Europe last year, but Istanbul Airport was nearly neck-and-neck and is likely to overtake it soon,...

Jailed İstanbul mayor indicted in ‘political espionage’ case

Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment accusing jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and three others of “political espionage,” opening a public case that could...

Black box recordings show generator failures before Ankara crash that killed Libyan army chief

Voice recordings recovered from the black box of a plane that crashed in Ankara, killing Libya’s top military commander and members of his delegation,...

Parliamentary commission backs legal steps that could pave way for Öcalan’s release

Members of a parliamentary commission advancing a peace initiative with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have agreed on legal changes that could open...

Jailed Turkish scholar and journalist Ali Ünal honored at religious freedom summit in Washington

Abdülhamit Bilici, Washington, D.C. Ali Ünal, a prominent Turkish Islamic scholar, Qur’an translator and longtime columnist for the now-closed Zaman newspaper, was honored this week...

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