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TurkStat executives face complaints on accusations of manipulating inflation data

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has filed criminal complaints against officials at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) on accusations of misconduct in...

People moving overseas from Turkey increased by 53 percent in 2023: TurkStat

More than 700,000 Turks and foreign nationals left Turkey last year, an increase of 53 percent compared to 2022, the state-run Anadolu news agency...

Turkish MPs urge end to ‘inhumane isolation’ of north Cyprus

The Turkish parliament has called for an "end to the inhumane isolation" of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) ahead of the 50th...

14 arrested over death of 2 in İzmir due to electric shock during rainstorm

A Turkish court has ruled for the arrest of 14 people as part of an investigation into the death of two people due to...

İstanbul court orders release of remaining 25 May Day protesters

Wednesday’s hearing in the trial of 30 people, 25 of whom were in pretrial detention, for attempting to defy a government ban on holding...

451 civilians in Turkey killed by police since 2007: Report

A total of 451 civilians, including children, have been killed by police from 2007 through the first half of 2024, according to a report...

[OPINION] Erdoğan relies on the big lie of crushing a coup in July 2016

Türkmen Terzi President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) no longer enthusiastically celebrates the national day of the Republic of Turkey, founded...

Erdoğan describes Trump assassination attempt as ‘attack on democracy’ in phone call

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described a recent assassination attempt on former US president and Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump as an “attack...

Opposition lawmaker denies alleged sex tape, bases claim on disputed forensic report

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Mustafa Sarıgül has denied allegations of appearing in a sex tape circulating on social media, saying the...

Former interior minister Soylu dismisses rumors of challenging Erdoğan with new party

Süleyman Soylu, the former interior minister who is currently a lawmaker from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), dismissed rumors of plans to...

Turkey’s DEM Party challenges removal of its mayor in court

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has filed a petition at the Ankara Administrative Court requesting a stay in the removal...

Turkey’s top court upholds life sentences of 17 defendants in main coup trial

The Supreme Court of Appeals of Turkey has upheld consecutive life sentences for 17 defendants who were alleged members of a military junta that...

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