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Turkey, US seek to ease defense restrictions in high-level Washington talks: report

Turkey and the United States have expressed a shared political will to lift longstanding restrictions on defense industry cooperation, according to a Turkish Foreign...

Turkish court again blocks access to pro-Kurdish news agency website

A Turkish court has imposed another access ban on a website used by a media outlet critical of government policy on the Kurdish issue,...

Turkey detains nearly 1,500 in a week of protests over İstanbul mayor’s detention

Turkish authorities have detained nearly 1,500 people as nationwide protests sparked by the detention and subsequent arrest of the mayor of İstanbul entered their...

Investigation launched into Turkish education union following academic boycott call

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the Education and Science Workers’ Union (Eğitim Sen) for allegedly “publicly inciting the...

Turkish court rules on 2022 mine disaster, sparking outrage among victims’ families

A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced multiple defendants in connection with a 2022 mining disaster that killed 42 miners, ruling that they acted with...

Main opposition leader says İstanbul mayor framed by report from finance ministry watchdog

Turkey’s main opposition leader has accused the finance minister and the financial crimes watchdog of fabricating evidence to justify the arrest of the mayor...

İmamoğlu joins list of jailed opponents of President Erdoğan

İstanbul's now-deposed mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has become the latest Turkish politician or activist opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to fall afoul of the...

UN ‘very concerned’ at widespread detentions in Turkey, urges investigation

The UN voiced alarm on Tuesday at Turkey's use of mass detentions amid countrywide demonstrations over the arrest of Istanbul's popular opposition mayor, urging...

Turkey’s main opposition leader visits İstanbul mayor in jail

Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), paid a visit to the party’s İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, recently jailed...

Erdoğan exploits West’s blind eye to his opposition crackdown: analysts

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taking advantage of Europe's unwillingness to antagonize its NATO ally at a time of international uncertainty and American...

Court orders arrest of AFP journalist over İstanbul protests: lawyer

An İstanbul court on Tuesday ordered the formal arrest of an Agence France-Presse photographer who had been detained after covering mass protests, reversing an...

Prosecutors seek arrest of 206 people in İstanbul over protests

Turkish prosecutors have requested the pretrial detention of 206 people including protestors, journalists and others taken into custody in İstanbul since the detention and...

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