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Turkey’s draft bill barring children under 15 from social media to require age ratings in games

A draft bill in the Turkish parliament would ban children under 15 from using social media, force platforms to act on some takedown or...

EBRD invested record €2.7 billion in Turkey in 2025

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Wednesday it had invested a record €2.7 billion in Turkey in 2025, making Turkey...

New PACE president raises concern over Turkey’s failure to enforce ECtHR rulings

Petra Bayr, the newly elected president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has said Turkey faces a serious problem of...

German Left Party says 16 activists, journalists detained in Turkey, calls for their release

Germany’s Left Party (Die Linke) said on Wednesday that Turkish police had detained a delegation of 16 German activists and journalists in southeastern Turkey...

Turkey says Aegean Navtex warnings have no end date, target Greece’s moves at sea

Turkey’s defense ministry said Thursday that its recent navigational warnings, or Navtex, in the Aegean Sea were issued without an end date, pushing back...

Turkey sees broadly defined unemployment at 28.6 percent in December: TurkStat

Turkey’s broadly defined unemployment rate was 28.6 percent in December, with a 0.5 percentage point decrease compared to the previous month, according to official...

Turkey weighs new digital regulator for social media, citing youth protection, crime

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is considering setting up a new regulatory body to oversee social media platforms, presenting the move as...

Turkish authorities detain 151 more people over alleged Gülen links: minister

Turkish police have detained 151 people over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in the last two weeks, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced...

CHP leader vows to hold Erdoğan’s gov’t to account as mayors go on trial over tenders

Turkey’s main opposition leader, Özgür Özel, vowed on Wednesday to hold the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to account as a mass trial...

Turkey’s sale of recently built warships sparks criticism over national security risks

Turkey has sold two recently built naval warships to Indonesia for $1 billion, attracting criticism from opposition figures and retired officers who warn that...

Kurdish football club in Turkey faces probe over braids clip backing Syrian Kurds

Turkey's main Kurdish football team is to face action by the national football organization for sharing a video in solidarity with Kurdish forces in...

Turkey convicts Demirtaş’s lawyer, jails rights advocates amid renewed peace talks with PKK

A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced Ramazan Demir, a lawyer for jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, to more than 11 years in prison, in...

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