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Turkey welcomes first astronaut after ISS mission

Alper Gezeravcı, the first Turkish astronaut, returned to Turkey on Monday after completing a mission at the International Space Station (ISS), Turkey's state-run Anadolu...

Support pours in for doctor facing smear campaign over previous activism against torture

The portrayal of a doctor in a documentary about an organization run by a preacher convicted of sexual exploitation as a supporter of the...

Top court rules against construction of ‘nation’s garden’ at İstanbul’s former airport after its demolition

Turkey's top administrative court, the Council of State, has canceled a tender related to the construction of a national park in place of İstanbul’s...

Former footballer enters mayoral race in quake-stricken Hatay

Amid public outrage over the renomination of a controversial mayor in Turkey’s southern province of Hatay, the Workers Party of Turkey (TİP) nominated a...

Turkey’s unemployment rate fell to 8.8 percent in December

Turkey's unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points month-on-month to 8.8 percent in December, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) showed on Monday. The number...

Electric shocks, mock execution: Woman detained over Gülen links recounts torture by police

A woman detained for managing a dormitory affiliated with the Gülen movement described in an interview with the Kronos news website the torture she...

First Turkish astronaut returns to Earth

The first Turkish astronaut along with his colleagues from Italy and Sweden returned to Earth on Friday, completing a three-week private mission to the...

France charges 2 suspected members of Turkish Grey Wolves with ‘advocating terrorism’

French authorities have formally charged two men suspected of belonging to the Turkish ultranationalist Grey Wolves movement with advocating terrorism and relaunching the outlawed...

Turkish state broadcaster to release anti-LGBT digital documentary series

The English language channel of Turkey’s state-run broadcaster, TRT World, has announced that its international digital platform will soon air an anti-LGBT documentary series,...

Turkey’s airstrikes wreak havoc on northeast Syria: HRW

Human Rights Watch, which released an extensive report in October about the damage caused by Turkish airstrikes to critical infrastructure northeast Syria, has once...

Italy extradites Turkish Cypriot lawyer to Cyprus for illegal sale of Greek Cypriot property

Akan Kürşat, a Turkish Cypriot lawyer, has been extradited from Italy to the Republic of Cyprus on charges of involvement in the illegal sale...

Turkey’s earthquake-stricken Hatay had most polluted air in 2023: Greenpeace Turkey

Data analyzed by Greenpeace Turkey have shown that Hatay, one of the cities hardest hit by devastating earthquakes last year, had the highest levels...

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