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4 LeMan magazine staff members freed in controversial cartoon case

A Turkish court has released four staff members of the LeMan satirical magazine who were jailed over a cartoon deemed insulting to religious values,...

Top court rejects all but one rights violation in case of 2015 killing of Kurdish woman

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has dismissed nearly all allegations of rights violations in the case of a Kurdish woman whose body was left lying in...

Qur’an instructor imprisoned in Turkey over alleged Gülen links amid ongoing crackdown

A former Qur’an instructor was sent to prison last week in western Turkey on conviction of membership in a terrorist organization due to her...

Trump hints at fighter jet deal if Turkey stops buying Russian oil

US President Donald Trump on Thursday urged his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to stop buying Russian oil due to the war in Ukraine...

Turkey deploys AWACS aircraft to Lithuania amid Russian airspace incursions: report

Turkey has temporarily sent an advanced radar surveillance aircraft to Lithuania as NATO steps up efforts to counter repeated Russian airspace violations in the...

Turkey eases pistachio import rules ahead of Erdoğan–Trump meeting

Turkey eased restrictions on pistachio imports, in a move that has attracted criticism from local growers, days before President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s scheduled meeting...

Pro-gov’t columnists appointed to run Can Holding media group after gov’t seizure

Two columnists from pro-government newspapers have been appointed to manage media outlets seized earlier this month from Can Holding in a money-laundering probe, the...

EBRD lifts Turkey’s 2025 growth outlook but warns of risks: report

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has raised its growth forecast for Turkey in 2025 while cautioning that political tensions and unstable...

Ankara mayor strongest presidential contender if İmamoğlu is unable to run: CHP leader

Mansur Yavaş, mayor of the Turkish capital of Ankara, is viewed as the strongest opposition candidate for president if İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who...

Turkey breaks up crime ring accused of staging fake property sales to secure citizenship for foreigners

Turkish authorities have dismantled a crime syndicate accused of arranging fraudulent real estate sales to help hundreds of foreigners obtain citizenship, Interior Minister Ali...

Moldovan migrant worker dies after brutal assault in İstanbul leather workshop

Nicolai Palamarciuc, a Moldovan national working in Turkey, died after being bound and brutally beaten by the relatives of his employer in İstanbul’s Başakşehir...

Turkish opposition calls on Erdoğan to respond to Rubio’s ‘begging’ remark

Turkish opposition politicians have urged President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to push back against US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who suggested that world leaders,...

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