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CHP leader accuses former AKP official of pressuring jailed businessman for false testimony, cash

Turkey’s main opposition leader Özgür Özel has accused a former senior figure in the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of attempting to coerce...

US report says Turkey committed widespread human rights abuses in 2024

Turkey committed widespread human rights violations in 2024, including unlawful killings, torture, arbitrary detention, media censorship and transnational repression, according to a new US...

İmamoğlu says he could back other opposition figures in race against Erdoğan: report

Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, widely seen as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s strongest challenger and his party's presidential candidate, says he is open...

Turkey blocks research vessel in eastern Mediterranean over cable project dispute

Turkey intercepted and turned back a Gibraltar-flagged research vessel conducting seabed surveys for a planned fiberoptic cable in the eastern Mediterranean, saying it was...

İstanbul appeals court rules Taksim Square May Day ban unlawful

An appeals court in İstanbul has ruled that a ban on May Day celebrations in the city’s central Taksim Square in 2024 was unlawful,...

30 detained in Antalya, İstanbul as Turkey’s crackdown on CHP-run cities deepens

Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained 30 people in raids on the opposition-led municipalities of Antalya and İstanbul, part of a series of corruption investigations...

Rights group says Ankara police using threats, deception to recruit informants: report

Police and intelligence officers in the Turkish capital of Ankara have used threats, deception and off-the-books interrogations since 2023 to pressure students, activists and...

Erdoğan’s far-right ally urges swift end to trials concerning opposition-run municipalities

Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Monday called for...

Turkish police briefly detain 11 over Gaza protests in Ankara, İstanbul

Turkish police detained 11 people in two separate incidents over the weekend during pro-Palestine demonstrations in the capital and the country’s largest city, amid...

Turkey hails US-brokered Azerbaijan–Armenia declaration, eyes corridor linking Caspian to Europe

Turkey has welcomed a US-brokered declaration between Azerbaijan and Armenia that both sides say could pave the way for a formal peace treaty and...

Turkish police detain prominent lawyer on accusations of bribery, terrorism and espionage

Turkish police have detained Rezan Epözdemir, a well-known lawyer in several high-profile murder and fraud cases, on allegations of bribery, aiding the faith-based Gülen...

Top court lifts bar on damages claims by civil servants reinstated after post-coup dismissals

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has struck down a legal barrier that prevented public employees who were dismissed under emergency decrees during the state of emergency...

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