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Suspect killed in İstanbul consulate attack had prior ISIL-linked record

One of the attackers killed in a shootout outside the Israeli Consulate General in İstanbul on Tuesday had previously been subject to counterterrorism measures over...

32 women killed by men, 58 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in March

Thirty-two women were murdered by men in Turkey in March, while another 58 died under suspicious circumstances, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported. Of the...

Over 180 dead or missing in Mediterranean since March 28: UN

More than 180 people are feared dead or missing in Mediterranean shipwrecks over the past 10 days, the United Nations said Tuesday, with nearly...

20 detained in probe targeting opposition-run district municipality in İstanbul

Twenty people including municipal officials and contractors have been detained as part of a corruption investigation targeting İstanbul’s Üsküdar Municipality, run by the main...

Turkey detains 9 in expanding drug probe targeting celebrities

Nine people, including prominent figures from the entertainment industry, have been detained in a drug investigation, a prosecutor’s office in İstanbul said on Tuesday. Among...

Erdoğan accuses Israel of undermining peace efforts

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday accused Israel of undermining efforts to end the war in the Middle East, while saying Ankara would...

Turkey detains 42 over Ramadan aid to families linked to Gülen movement

Turkish police on Thursday detained 42 people, most of them women, on accusations of providing financial assistance during Ramadan to families of individuals jailed or...

State censorship of Kurdish culture persists despite talk of reconciliation

Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry has appealed a court ruling that lifted a ban on the Kurdish film “Rojbash,” in a move that critics...

Former top court president, ex-AKP minister slam judiciary, presidential system as a ‘disaster’

Former Constitutional Court president Haşim Kılıç and Hüseyin Çelik, a founding member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and a former education...

Erdoğan tells NATO chief Mideast conflict has created ‘geostrategic impasse’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in a phone call on Saturday that the conflict in the Middle East had...

40 pct of Turks say they perform daily Muslim prayers regularly: survey

A new survey on religion in Turkey found that belief in God remains widespread, but daily Muslim prayers are practiced by a smaller share...

Turkey’s defense at European court echoes Stalin-era conspiracy theory, Kavala says

Imprisoned Turkish businessman and civil society figure Osman Kavala said a Turkish government lawyer's arguments at a recent European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...

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