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[OPINION] Bahçeli’s attack on US envoy exposes widening cracks in Turkey’s ruling alliance

Ömer Murat* In a fiery speech to his party’s parliamentary group in the Turkish Parliament, Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP),...

Man detained after entering beIN Sports building in İstanbul with toy gun

A man who entered the İstanbul headquarters of sports broadcaster beIN Sports on Monday carrying what turned out to be a toy gun was...

X user arrested after posting photo of İstanbul chief prosecutor, wife on social media

An İstanbul court has ordered the arrest of a social media user who shared a photo of İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor Akın Gürlek and...

Fire at Turkish perfume warehouse kills 6, injures 5

A blaze erupted early Saturday at a perfume warehouse in an industrial town in northwestern Turkey, killing six people and injuring five, officials said. The...

Turkish prosecutor issues detention warrants for Netanyahu, senior Israeli officials

The İstanbul chief public prosecutor has issued detention warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and 36 other senior officials on accusations of genocide...

Turkey, Lockheed Martin to hold new talks on F-16 Block 70 pricing dispute: report

Turkey will participate in another round of talks with US defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. to resolve a dispute over pricing for new F-16...

17 referees among 21 sought in Turkey over alleged betting, matchfixing

Turkish prosecutors on Friday issued detention warrants for 21 people, including 17 referees and two top football executives, as part of a major betting...

[OPINION] What Zohran Mamdani’s victory can teach the opposition in authoritarian states

Adem Yavuz Arslan* In a political world shaped by money, media influence and entrenched elites, few victories have felt as improbable — or as instructive...

[OPINION] Erasing the archives: How authoritarian regimes wage war on memory

Adem Yavuz Arslan* “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”** That line appeared as a party slogan in George...

[OPINION] Never-ending ‘maybe’: Europe’s fear of belonging and Turkey’s flight from responsibility

Yasemin Aydın* The October 2025 visit of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to Ankara was not a turning point in policy but a revealing episode in...

Turkey not future ruler of Cyprus, says EU foreign policy chief Kallas

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday that it will be the people of Cyprus, not Turkey or the EU, who...

İstanbul court accepts indictment of businessman, CHP mayors in major corruption case

An İstanbul court has accepted a sweeping indictment of businessman Aziz İhsan Aktaş and several mayors from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP),...

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