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French artist adds color to Ankara’s cracked pavements

Walking through Ankara's streets, occasional flashes of color light up the pavement where French artist Ememem has painstakingly patched up the potholes and cracks...

Turkey falls to 109th in Islamicity Index amid a decade of democratic, economic backsliding

Abdülhamit Bilici, Washington, D.C. Turkey has dropped to 109th place out of 149 countries in the 2024 Islamicity Index, deepening a decade-long decline in governance,...

Police detain 42 at massive opposition rally in İstanbul

Turkish police detained 42 people on Tuesday during a massive opposition rally at İstanbul City Hall, held to mark the 100th day since the...

More than three decades on, justice still elusive for Sivas massacre victims

Thirty-two years after 33 intellectuals and artists were killed in an arson attack on a hotel in Turkey’s Sivas province, the search for justice...

Turkey tops European Court of Human Rights docket with 21,200 pending cases

Turkey continues to account for the largest number of pending applications before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), with 21,200 complaints still awaiting...

Head of Turkish religious affairs faces backlash over ‘luxury service’ staff during Hajj

Turkey’s top imam, Ali Erbaş, and his wife, Seher Erbaş, received luxury treatment during their pilgrimage to Mecca last month, including personal chefs and...

Rosatom in talks to sell nearly half of Akkuyu nuclear plant stake: report

Russia’s state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom Corp. is in talks to sell a 49 percent stake in the $25 billion power plant it’s building...

Turkish police seize 825 kg of heroin: interior minister

Police have seized 825 kilograms of heroin and arrested 30 people in a series of raids, largely in southern Turkey, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya...

Thousands rally in İstanbul in a show of support for the opposition

At least 10,000 people joined an opposition rally at İstanbul City Hall on Tuesday, the 100th day since the city's popular mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu,...

Public anger grows as wildfires rage in Turkey amid government inaction and media silence

Wildfires tearing through three provinces in Turkey have sparked public outrage, with residents turning to social media to condemn what they describe as government...

Turkey to auction off major companies seized after 2016 coup attempt

Turkish authorities are preparing to auction off two major companies seized after the country’s 2016 attempted coup, drawing renewed attention to human rights and...

Erdoğan to gain authority to extend top military commanders’ retirement age to 72

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would be granted the authority to extend the retirement age of the country’s top military commanders from 67 to...

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