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Turkey signs $6.5 billion in contracts to expand ‘Steel Dome’ air defense system

Turkish defense contractors have signed $6.5 billion in contracts to strengthen and further develop the country’s integrated “Steel Dome” air defense system, the state-run...

Court convicts Turkish journalist of ‘threatening’ Erdoğan

A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced a popular political journalist and commentator to more than four years in prison for "threatening" President Recep Tayyip...

Turkey’s candidate to lead INTERPOL tied to political Red Notice attempt: report

Turkey’s candidate to lead INTERPOL has come under new scrutiny after The Telegraph published a special report alleging that he advised police on how...

Turkey detains 3 defense industry executives on allegations of espionage

Turkish police have detained three executives from defense contractors operating in the country, accusing them of spying for foreign powers, the DHA news agency...

İstanbul prosecutor leading CHP crackdown denies claim he held post at state-run company

Akın Gürlek, İstanbul’s chief public prosecutor and the figure behind an intensifying crackdown on the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has denied claims...

Turkish lawmakers meet with Öcalan in landmark visit

Turkey’s parliament said Monday that a group of lawmakers met with Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of Kurdish militants, on İmralı Island, in the...

[OPINION] Half a century in pursuit of dialogue

Abdülhamit Bilici* This year’s Rumi Peace and Dialogue Awards ceremony was held at Washington, D.C.’s Meridian House, one of the finest examples of European classical...

Heavy machinery used in Hagia Sophia restoration sparks outcry

Construction work inside İstanbul’s historic Hagia Sophia triggered public backlash after images circulated on social media showing heavy trucks and machinery operating inside the...

4 referees among 32 people arrested in Turkey illegal betting probe

Thirty-two suspects, including four football referees, were arrested on Friday in an investigation into the laundering of proceeds from illegal betting operations, the DHA...

Turkey’s interior ministry allows investigation into opposition Ankara mayor over concert spending

The Turkish Interior Ministry has granted permission for prosecutors to investigate Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) over...

Germany says closely monitoring probe into İstanbul hotel deaths as arrests rise to 10

Germany’s foreign ministry said it is closely monitoring an investigation into the death of four members of a Turkish-German family who fell ill at...

Netanyahu says US unlikely to approve F-35 sale to Turkey

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he does not believe the United States will approve any transfer of F-35 fifth-generation fighter jets...

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