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University students among 6 jailed in Turkey over alleged Gülen links

A court in Turkey's northwestern Edirne province has ordered the arrest of six people, including university students, over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...

Turkey says Hamas ready to give up Gaza rule if new force takes over, pushes to join peace troops

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan used a high-profile conference in Qatar on Saturday to lay out a plan that would see Hamas step back...

Bulgaria condemns towing of drone-hit tanker by Turkish ship into its waters

Bulgaria on Saturday condemned the towing of a crippled tanker by a Turkish ship into its Black Sea waters and leaving it close to...

Police officer suspended after protesting gov’t talks with PKK

A traffic police officer in the central Turkish city of Eskişehir was suspended from duty after blocking a tram line and denouncing the government’s...

Seven dead, 11 injured in southern Turkey bus crash

Seven people died and 11 others were injured early Saturday when an intercity bus crashed into a truck on a highway in southern Turkey,...

Turkey opened more than 1.1 million criminal insult investigations in 2024

Turkey opened a combined total of 1,166,583 criminal insult investigations in 2024,  according to justice ministry data disclosed in parliament this week and reported...

Trump-Erdoğan ‘bromance’ a ‘great thing,’ Turkey-Israel ties will get better: US ambassador

US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack on Friday called the personal relationship between President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a "bromance"...

11 suspects re-arrested hours after release in probe targeting İstanbul municipality

Eleven people who were ordered to be released on Thursday in an investigation targeting the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality were taken back into custody as...

Parliamentary body receives only summary of Turkish lawmakers’ meeting with PKK leader

A special parliamentary body on Thursday received only a four-page summary of a recent meeting between Turkish lawmakers and jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...

Turkey in talks to assemble combat drones in Pakistan as defense exports surge: report

Turkey is in advanced discussions to establish a facility in Pakistan to assemble Turkish-made combat drones, part of Ankara’s push to expand its fast-growing...

Turkey seizes assets of PayCo electronic payment company in money-laundering, illegal betting probe

An İstanbul court has frozen the assets of the PayCo electronic payment company and several suspects as part of an investigation into alleged money...

Janitor allegedly wheels millions in gold out of İstanbul courthouse, then flies to UK

A janitor at an İstanbul courthouse is accused of emptying an evidence vault containing about 147 million lira ($3.5 million) in gold and silver...

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