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Turkey blocks dozens of corruption and investigation reports on independent news site

Turkey’s telecommunications authority has blocked dozens of articles on corruption as well as politically sensitive reporting on the independent Kısa Dalga news website, the...

European rights court rules Turkey violated lecturer’s fair trial rights in ByLock case

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated a university lecturer’s right to a fair trial by upholding his 2016...

Fighting in Aleppo sends shock waves into Turkey’s fragile peace bid with Kurdish militants

A burst of fighting in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo is spilling across the border into Turkey’s politics, hardening rhetoric and raising new questions...

Turkey ranks 29th in Europe for homeownership as costs soar

Turkey's homeownership rate fell to 55.8 percent in 2024, placing the country 29th among 32 European nations surveyed by Eurostat, the European Union's statistical office. The...

Syrian army tells Kurdish forces to withdraw from area east of Aleppo city

Syria's army told Kurdish forces on Tuesday to withdraw from an area they control east of Aleppo after dislodging fighters from two neighborhoods in...

6 more detained in Turkey’s expanding drug investigation targeting celebrities

Six more people, including a well-known actor and a pop singer, have been detained as part of an expanding drug investigation led by the...

Prosecutor shoots female judge at İstanbul courthouse

A female judge was shot Tuesday at an İstanbul courthouse by a public prosecutor, who was prevented from firing a second shot by a...

İmamoğlu ordered to pay damages to Erdoğan over remarks on assets seizure

A Turkish court has ordered Ekrem İmamoğlu, İstanbul’s jailed mayor and the main opposition’s presidential candidate, to pay 150,000 Turkish lira ($3,500) in non-pecuniary...

PKK says Aleppo clashes aimed to derail Turkey peace talks

Deadly clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters in Syria were an attempt to sabotage peace moves between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party...

Two Turkish tourists killed in armed attack in Ethiopia

Two Turkish tourists and their Ethiopian driver have been killed by armed herders in southwestern Ethiopia, regional authorities said late on Monday, describing the...

Turkey jails another member of prominent Boydak family over alleged Gülen links

Turkish authorities have jailed Elif Boydak Bozdağ, another member of one of the country’s most prominent business families, after Turkey’s top appeals court upheld...

Over 70 violations against Kurdish language and culture recorded in Turkey in 2025: report

At least 70 violations targeting Kurdish language and culture were documented in Turkey in 2025, spanning public spaces, media, arts and prisons, according to...

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