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Turkish gov’t eyes release of up to 60,000 inmates under proposed sentence reform

The Turkish government is preparing a new sentence reform bill that could lead to the release of up to 60,000 inmates, as pressure mounts...

Turkey to screen citizens in public for excess weight, refer them to health centers

Turkey’s new health initiative to identify overweight people in public and refer them to health centers has triggered public backlash and ridicule. Health Minister Kemal...

Rubio to visit Turkey for NATO talks on Ukraine war, defense spending

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Turkey May 14-16 to attend an informal NATO foreign ministers meeting in Antalya, where efforts to...

Iraqi Kurdistan president says PKK’s decision boosts regional stability

The president of Iraq's Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani, on Monday welcomed the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) decision to disband and end its armed...

Öcalan: founder of the Kurdish militant PKK who authored its end

Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist" to many within...

Kurdish militant PKK says disbanding, ending its decades-long armed struggle

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Monday announced its dissolution, saying it was ending its armed struggle against the Turkish state and drawing...

Zelensky offers to meet Putin in Turkey ‘personally’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday he would be willing to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Turkey "personally,” after Donald Trump said direct...

Erdoğan says efforts to end Ukraine war at ‘turning point’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday told Russian and French leaders that a "historic turning point" has been reached in efforts to end...

Turkey moves to block İmamoğlu’s int’l X account following ban on main handle

Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the opposition’s presidential candidate, posted a defiant message from his international X account on Saturday, hours after Turkish authorities...

Turkish man dies after company guards beat him during severance pay protest: report

A 48-year-old former textile technician died on Friday after allegedly being beaten by private security guards outside the İstanbul headquarters of Çalık Holding, where...

[UPDATE] Female students among 77 jailed in Gülen-related crackdown in Turkey

Seventy-seven people, including dozens of female students, have been jailed pending trial in southeastern Turkey following a mass detention targeting alleged followers of the...

US judge orders release of Turkish student detained in immigration case

A US judge on Friday ordered the release of a Turkish student detained by federal agents as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on...

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