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Survivors still in dire straits after Turkey’s 2023 earthquakes as Erdoğan gov’t touts successful recovery

Turkey marked the third anniversary of the February 6, 2023 earthquakes on Friday, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and pro-government media presenting the rebuilding...

Economic fallout from Iran hits Turkey’s border region

As vice president of the chamber of commerce in the eastern Turkish city of Van, Fevzi Çeliktaş's job is to boost the local economy....

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...

[OPINION] The Washington Post: not a downsizing, but the end of an era

Adem Yavuz Arslan* As the world struggles to process the scale of the newly released Epstein files, another development from Washington has passed with surprisingly...

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...

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...

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...

Human rights group reports 118 arrests, 842 detentions during Rojava protests in Turkey

At least 842 people were detained and 118 arrested during demonstrations held across Turkey to protest Damascus’s military campaign against Kurdish-led forces in the...

Ankara prosecutors investigate alleged Turkey links in Epstein case: report

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened a new investigation into claims of Turkey links in the Jeffrey Epstein case after a Turkish...

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...

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