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15 more detained in Antalya bribery probe amid crackdown on main opposition

Turkish police detained at least 15 employees of the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality on Wednesday as part of an expanding corruption investigation that has already...

Former human rights association co-chair murdered in western Turkey

Lawyer Ali Aydın, a former co-chair of the Human Rights Association’s (İHD) İzmir branch, was killed by a blow to the head with a...

İstanbul prosecutor arrested over judge shooting

A Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of a public prosecutor on charges of attempted murder over the shooting of a female judge...

Education ministry official among detainees in latest sweep over alleged Gülen links

An education ministry district director in İstanbul is among 81 people detained in raids across 16 provinces in the latest wave of a years-long...

Turkey trying to offset $1.47 bln arbitration penalty in US court: opposition MP

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is seeking to offset a $1.47 billion international arbitration penalty in a US enforcement case by counting...

Iranians arrive in Turkey via border crossing amid crackdown: report

Dozens of Iranians crossed the border into Turkey on Wednesday, as authorities in Iran crack down on one of the biggest-ever waves of protest...

‘We can’t make ends meet’: Civil servants protest low pay in Ankara

Hundreds of angry civil servants marched through Ankara on Wednesday demanding a realistic pay raise as they battle poverty amid soaring prices and double-digit...

Jailed İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu to receive 2026 Paweł Adamowicz Award

Ekrem İmamoğlu, İstanbul’s jailed mayor and a leading opposition figure in Turkey, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Paweł Adamowicz Award for...

Turkey’s state broadcaster slammed over documentary targeting LGBTQ people

Turkey’s state broadcaster is facing criticism over a documentary that critics say targets lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people and frames them as...

Spain seizes nearly 10 tons of cocaine from ship allegedly owned by Turkey-based company

Spanish authorities have seized nearly 10 metric tons of cocaine from a cargo ship in the Atlantic Ocean that Turkish media have linked to...

Tech giants help Ankara censor online speech on a massive scale: report

Global tech companies are helping the Turkish government censor online speech and identify critics by complying with large numbers of takedown and data requests...

Purged Turkish officer found dead in Switzerland, suicide suspected

Yaşar Akkoyun, a former special forces officer who was expelled from the Turkish military by an emergency decree, was found dead in a lake...

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