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Turkey detains dozens in sweeping operation targeting left-wing groups

Turkish police have launched a sweeping operation targeting left-wing groups in İstanbul and several other provinces, issuing detention warrants for 110 people including politicians...

Turkey seeks stricter controls on online gaming platforms under draft law

Turkey is preparing new legislation that will impose broad oversight and sizable penalties on digital gaming platforms, introducing strict requirements that could affect all...

Calls grow for release of columnist Ali Ünal as he nears 10 years in prison

Calls for the release of Ali Ünal, a theologian and former columnist for the now-closed Zaman daily, have intensified as he approaches a decade...

At least 94 child workers died in Turkey during past year: report

At least 94 children died in Turkey while working in 2025, the highest figure since 2013, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing a...

Senior Turkish judges’ Strasbourg visit sparks backlash over non-implemented ECtHR rulings

Turkey, which has the highest number of applications pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), attracted criticism after senior members of the...

Turkey’s main opposition leader criticizes Erdoğan over earthquake recovery, housing delays

Özgür Özel, Turkey’s main opposition leader, on Monday criticized the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over what he described as continuing failures in...

Turkish business groups urge EU to revive Turkey’s stalled accession process

Leaders of Turkey’s business community have called on European Union institutions to take steps toward reinvigorating Turkey’s long-stalled EU membership bid, warning that the...

Turkey seizes assets, freezes $500 mln in cryptocurrency tied to illegal betting investigation

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the seizure of the entire asset portfolio of Şeref Yazıcı, whom they allege is linked to illegal betting kingpin Veysel...

Two road accidents in Turkey kill at least 16

At least 16 people were killed in two road accidents in southern Turkey on Sunday, authorities said. A bus crashed off a highway near the...

Turkey blocks aid convoy to Syria’s Kobani, NGOs say

Turkish authorities blocked a convoy carrying aid to Kobani, a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria encircled by the Syrian army, nongovernmental organizations and...

Turkish buyers spent record $2.4 bln on overseas property in 2025

Turks spent $2.4 billion purchasing property abroad during the first 11 months of 2025, reaching an all time high, the state-run Anadolu news agency...

Hungary extradites whistleblower who said his life was in danger if returned to Turkey

Hungary has extradited Serdar Sertçelik to Turkey, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Saturday, returning a fugitive who had told a Budapest court...

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