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2 Dutch teens found dead in İstanbul hotel, father hospitalized

Two Dutch teenagers were found dead in their İstanbul hotel room and their father was hospitalized, Turkish media reported Saturday, with initial suspicion focusing...

Father seeking justice in daughter’s death released from prison after 38 days

Şaban Vatan, the father of Rabia Naz Vatan, whose suspicious death in 2018 remains unsolved, was released from prison on Thursday after 38 days...

Turkey breaks ground on rail link to Azerbaijan: report

Turkey has started building a 224-kilometer railway from eastern Kars province to Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave, Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said at a groundbreaking ceremony...

Police block civil servants’ march to presidential palace in Ankara amid wage dispute

Police in Ankara blocked a march by the United Public Workers Confederation (Birleşik Kamu-İş) to the presidential palace on Friday after civil servant wage...

Turkey’s main opposition to seek extraordinary parliament session on Gaza during recess

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) will ask parliament to meet in an extraordinary session to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, party...

Turkey’s city of İzmir imposes water cuts every third day as reservoirs near depletion

Turkey’s western city of İzmir, the country’s third-largest metropolis, has announced it will cut water supplies every third day due to worsening drought conditions. The...

Prosecutors charge 16 public officials over building collapse that killed 96 in 2023 quakes

Prosecutors in Turkey's southeastern Kahramanmaraş province filed an indictment against 16 municipal officials over the collapse of an apartment building that killed 96 people...

House arrest lifted for 2 cooperating suspects in İstanbul corruption case

Turkey lifted the house arrest of businessman Aziz İhsan Aktaş and İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality adviser Ertan Yıldız, two cooperating suspects who gave statements under...

Jailed mayor from main opposition challenges suspension from office in court

Zeydan Karalar, the mayor of Turkey's southern city of Adana who was arrested last month as part of a yearlong crackdown on main opposition-run...

New company registrations in Turkey down 0.6 pct in first 7 months, as closures rose 11.8 pct

Turkey recorded a 0.6 percent decline in new company registrations in January through July 2025, while company closures increased 11.8 percent, according to the...

Top court finds rights violation in deportation decision on Iranian asylum seeker

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a deportation order for an Iranian asylum seeker violated her constitutional protections, ordering authorities to suspend the deportation...

Turkey’s ‘pit-type’ prisons under fire amid hunger strikes, rights concerns

Rights groups and inmates have stepped up criticism of Turkey’s high-security “pit-type” prisons, saying detainees face overcrowding, lack of sunlight and medical neglect, the...

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