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Turkey’s unemployment rate drops to 8.4 percent in May: TurkStat

Turkey’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.4 percent in May, a 0.2 percentage point decline from April, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported, citing data...

Turkish court adjourns trial that could unseat main opposition leader

An Ankara court on Monday adjourned until September a trial involving alleged corruption that could upend the leadership of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s...

More than 50 detained ahead of banned İstanbul pride parade

Police detained more than 50 people in İstanbul on Sunday ahead of a banned LGBTQ+ pride march, the city's bar association said. "Before today's İstanbul...

Turkey-US defense row may be resolved by end of year, says US ambassador

The longstanding dispute between Turkey and the United States over Ankara’s purchase of a Russian air defense system may be resolved by the end...

Election board official says court has no authority to annul CHP’s intraparty vote

A senior representative of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) at the country’s top election authority has said a court cannot legally annul...

Turkey jails 4 border guards for life for torturing Syrian migrants to death

A Turkish court has sentenced four border guards to life in prison for torturing two Syrian migrants to death along the Syrian border in...

Daughter of German pastor killed in Turkey faces deportation

Michal Canina Geske, the daughter of a German Christian missionary murdered in a brutal 2007 attack in eastern Turkey, may be forced to leave...

Rights groups condemn Turkey’s arrest of lawyer for jailed İstanbul mayor

Human Rights Watch and the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project on Thursday denounced the arrest of a defense lawyer for jailed İstanbul Mayor...

10 detained in Turkey over leaking and selling confidential trade ministry data

The Turkish police have detained 10 suspects in a nationwide operation targeting the illegal sale of confidential trade ministry data, the state-run Anadolu news...

Turkish gov’t signals no midyear minimum wage hike amid economic woes: report

Turkey’s government plans to skip a mid-year increase in the minimum wage, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg, resisting political pressure to...

Turkey’s main opposition faces rift as jailed İstanbul mayor accuses former leader of betrayal

Jailed İstanbul mayor and opposition presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu has accused former Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of betrayal, as a looming...

Another journalist arrested in Turkey amid ongoing crackdown on the press

A Turkish court on Thursday ruled for the arrest of freelance journalist Metin Yoksu, part of an investigation led by prosecutors in the northeastern...

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