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Former CHP leader draws ire with remarks hinting at a comeback to chairmanship via a court order

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the former leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has sparked internal backlash from CHP ranks and supporters after suggesting...

X blocks access to account of leading Turkish LGBTQ+ group

Social media platform X has blocked access to KaosGL.org, the news outlet of one of the country’s oldest LGBTQ+ rights organizations, based on a...

60 detained in latest operation targeting Turkish restaurant chain over alleged Gülen ties

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 60 suspects in the latest wave of operations targeting Maydonoz Döner, a popular fast-food chain that was previously put...

Turkey detains 182 soldiers, police officers in latest crackdown on Gülen movement

Turkish police have detained 182 soldiers and police officers in a new wave of arrests targeting people accused of ties to the Gülen movement,...

Erdoğan’s far-right ally slams US for strike on Iran after Ankara avoids direct rebuke

Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey's far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Monday condemned the US...

Turkish police block lawyers’ march to İstanbul Bar Ass’n over arrest of İmamoğlu’s attorney

Lawyers across Turkey gathered at the İstanbul Courthouse on Monday to protest the arrest of Mehmet Pehlivan, lawyer for jailed İstanbul mayor and presidential...

US warns against travel to southeastern Turkey amid fears of Iranian retaliation

The United States on Sunday warned its citizens to exercise increased caution while in Turkey and to avoid travel to the country’s southeastern provinces,...

Turkish court jails journalist over remarks on Erdoğan’s rule

A Turkish court on Sunday ordered the arrest of popular political commentator Fatih Altaylı on accusations of threatening President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Altaylı's lawyers...

Woman campaigning for release of father suffering from Alzheimer’s among 27 arrested over Gülen links

A young woman who has been advocating the release of her imprisoned father suffering from Alzheimer’s disease was among 27 people arrested in Turkey...

2 workers die, 3 injured in gas leak at lithium plant near Ankara

Two workers were killed and three others injured on Saturday following a nitrogen gas leak at an industrial facility in Ankara’s Polatlı district, according...

Turkish tourism minister criticized for vacationing on luxury yacht in Greek waters

Turkey’s Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy is facing public backlash after images surfaced showing him aboard a luxury yacht off the...

Turkish authorities detain fathers of high schoolers prosecuted in notorious ‘girls’ trial’

Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained the fathers of several teenage girls who are defendants in the widely criticized “girls’ trial” over alleged links to...

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