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Turkey to lock down Ankara with red zones and 40,000 security personnel for NATO summit

Turkish authorities will impose “red zones” around airports, the presidential compound, motorcade routes and delegation hotels, ban demonstrations for 15 days, restrict some international...

Press groups urge Turkey to release journalist before court hearing

The International Press Institute, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the European Federation of Journalists and other press freedom and human rights groups have called...

Main opposition says government is planning to shut down CHP, urges party vote before July 25

The leadership team of Özgür Özel, the ousted head of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), warned Wednesday that the party must hold...

Turkey extradites brother of wanted drug trafficker Bolle Jos to Netherlands

Turkey has extradited the older brother of fugitive Dutch drug trafficker Joseph Johannes Leijdekkers, known as Bolle Jos, to the Netherlands after Turkish authorities detained...

Former Turkish spy faces life sentence over alleged betrayal of defectors, state secrets to Assad

A former Turkish intelligence officer faces a life sentence on accusations that he helped Bashar al-Assad’s intelligence service abduct two Syrian opposition commanders from...

[INTERVIEW] What makes Erdoğan an untouchable autocrat?

Abdülhamit Bilici, Washington, D.C. Has Turkey completed its transition from a flawed democracy to an authoritarian system? Why have the United States and Europe largely...

Turkey’s lowest monthly pension buys less than 16 days of food for family of four: study

Turkey’s lowest monthly pension no longer covers even 16 days of food expenses for a family of four, while the minimum wage covers only...

Turkey secures gas from expanded Azerbaijan field in 2029 supply deal

Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR and Turkey’s state pipeline operator BOTAŞ signed an agreement on Monday to supply natural gas from the second phase...

Trump tells Erdoğan he plans to attend NATO summit in Ankara: report

US President Donald Trump has told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that he plans to attend a NATO summit in Ankara in July, Middle...

Experts urge planned reverse migration to ease İstanbul population pressure

İstanbul has grown beyond what its transportation, water and disaster-response systems can support, and urban planners are urging Turkey to manage a planned reverse...

Turkey’s economy slows to 2.5 pct growth in first quarter as exports fall

Turkey’s economy grew 2.5 percent in the first quarter of 2026, slowing from the previous quarter and falling below expectations as exports fell and...

Turkish writers denounce court ruling that ousted elected opposition leader

More than 260 Turkish writers have condemned a court ruling that removed the elected leader of Turkey’s main opposition party and reinstated its former...

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