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Only Öcalan can disband PKK, the militant group won’t disperse without legal framework: senior figure

A senior figure in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has said only the group’s imprisoned founder, Abdullah Öcalan, can implement its announced disbandment...

Netanyahu’s opposition to potential F-35 sale to Turkey angered Trump: report

US President Donald Trump was “pissed off” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public opposition to a potential sale of F-35 fighter jets to...

UN Secretary-General Guterres to visit Cyprus for stalled peace talks

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will visit Cyprus July 27-29 for talks with Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman...

Turkey detains 17 football club executives accused of betting on own matches

Turkish police detained 17 current and former football club executives on Friday over allegations that they placed bets on matches involving their own teams,...

Turkey jails 19 in renewed probe into 2009 crash that killed nationalist politician

A Turkish court has jailed 19 people pending trial in a renewed investigation into the 2009 helicopter crash that killed nationalist politician Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu...

Turkish internet personality detained in expanding probe into AHBAP charity

Turkish police on Friday detained social media celebrity Oğuzhan Uğur and six others in a growing investigation into alleged financial misconduct at AHBAP, the...

Islamist opposition leader says Turkey spent billions on NATO summit but won no concessions

Fatih Erbakan, leader of Turkey’s Islamist opposition New Welfare Party (YRP), on Thursday accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government of spending billions of lira...

Turkey seeks aggravated life sentences for 14 over Israeli Consulate attack

Turkish prosecutors are seeking aggravated life sentences and up to 37 additional years in prison for 14 people accused of involvement in an April...

Turkey’s foreign bribery enforcement record ‘abysmal’: OECD

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has described Turkey’s foreign bribery enforcement record as “abysmal,” finding that the country has never secured...

Turkish rescue group founder detained over post questioning official account of 2016 coup attempt

Turkish police on Thursday detained prominent mountaineer and search-and-rescue pioneer Nasuh Mahruki over a social media post alleging that a failed coup in Turkey...

Turkey’s largest food delivery platform to be sold in Uber-Delivery Hero deal

Yemeksepeti, one of Turkey’s leading online food delivery platforms, is to be sold to a US investment firm as part of Uber’s planned takeover...

Erdoğan says Gülen movement remains a threat as decade-long crackdown continues

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday that the faith-based Gülen movement continues to pose a threat to Turkey, as nationwide detention operations continue a...

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