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Far-right leader sentenced to more than 2 years, released after 148 days in pretrial detention

Ümit Özdağ, the head of Turkey’s ultranationalist Victory Party, was released due to time served from İstanbul’s Silivri Prison on Monday after being sentenced...

Jailed Kurdish leader urges unity in Turkey despite grievances in the face of ‘Middle East in flames’

Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), called for national unity and courage in a written statement shared...

Turkey arrests 4 journalists over alleged links to ‘illegal organization’

A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of four journalists who were detained last week in İstanbul as part of an investigation launched by...

Turkey blocks access to widely followed food safety platform’s social media accounts

Turkish authorities have blocked access to the widely followed food safety platform Gıda Dedektifi ("Food Detective") across nearly all major online platforms, including Instagram,...

Turkey arrests union officials for protesting jailing of İstanbul mayor

Two local leaders of a major labor union were arrested Monday in Turkey's western city of İzmir after participating in demonstrations protesting the jailing...

Erdoğan says Turkey to expand missile stockpiles in response to regional threats

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Monday that Turkey is making production plans to increase its medium and long-range missile stockpiles to a “deterrent...

Man imprisoned in Turkey’s post-coup purge says crackdown drove daughter to kill her mother, herself

A Turkish man whose daughter killed his wife and then herself after his post-coup imprisonment spoke publicly Sunday about how Turkey’s crackdown on the...

Turkish press groups decry detentions of journalists

Turkish press organizations have condemned the recent detentions of multiple journalists and a media translator as part of an investigation led by prosecutors in...

Pro-Kurdish party seeks to visit İstanbul mayor, other opposition figures in prison

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has announced plans to request permission from the Justice Ministry to visit jailed İstanbul Mayor...

Erdoğan tells Putin Israel poses threat to regional and global security

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Israel’s military actions against Iran are endangering the entire Middle East...

Court adjourns jailed İstanbul mayor’s trial over criticism of controversial prosecutor until July

A Turkish court has adjourned the trial of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu until July in a case concerning his criticism of a prosecutor for...

Turkey raises strait transit fees for vessels without port calls by 15 percent

Turkey will raise the fees charged to foreign ships transiting the Turkish Straits without making a port call by 15 percent starting July 1,...

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