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Turkey detains 14 foreign ministry staff, ex-employees over Gülen links

Turkish authorities have detained eight Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff members and six former employees on accusations of links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...

Turkish woman acquitted of insulting president after criticizing Instagram ban

An appeals court in western Turkey has acquitted a woman who had been convicted of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a street interview...

Pope to travel to Turkey, Lebanon in late November

Preparations are underway for Pope Leo XIV to travel to Turkey and Lebanon at the end of November in what would be his first...

Families of victims challenge ministry refusal to investigate officials over Kartalkaya fire

Families of victims of a hotel fire that killed 78 people in the northwestern resort of Kartalkaya have appealed to Turkey’s Council of State...

Can Holding chairman under house arrest, 5 jailed in probe that led to seizure of 121 companies

A Turkish court has ordered the house arrest of Kenan Tekdağ, chairman of Can Holding, while detaining five other company executives as part of...

Armenia to remove Mount Ararat from passport stamps in symbolic step toward Turkey

Armenia will drop Mount Ararat from passport stamps at its border crossings, a government decree showed, in a move officials say aims to avoid...

Erdoğan denies his party’s role in legal case that could oust main opposition leader

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has no involvement in a lawsuit that could remove the leader...

Turkish screenwriter detained over past remarks about fictional character

Merve Göntem, a screenwriter for the popular Turkish TV series "Kızılcık Şerbeti" (Cranberry Sorbet), was detained in İstanbul on Monday as prosecutors launched an...

Prominent economist among 14 detained in Turkey stock market probe

Prominent Turkish economist Işık Ökte was among 14 people detained on Tuesday in an investigation into alleged stock market manipulation, the private DHA news...

Opposition party leader put under house arrest for allegedly insulting Erdoğan

A Turkish court on Monday placed Nurullah Efe Ankut, leader of the People’s Liberation Party (HKP), under house arrest for allegedly insulting President Recep...

Erdoğan urges Arab and Muslim nations to impose economic sanctions on Israel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday called on Arab and Muslim countries to adopt sanctions against Israel, saying economic pressure must accompany diplomatic...

More than 19 mln students dropped out of Turkish universities over past decade, data shows

More than 19 million students abandoned their university study in Turkey between 2015 and 2025, according to figures released by the country’s Higher Education...

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