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[ANALYSIS] Erdoğan’s paradox: the mediator abroad, the strongman at home

Fatih Yurtsever* In the spring of 2025 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reasserted his role on the global stage as a mediator in international conflicts,...

Businessman arrested for bribery alleged in investigation into opposition-run municipality

Turkish authorities have arrested businessman Kemal Şahin as part of a bribery probe targeting the opposition-run Büyükçekmece Municipality in İstanbul, Turkish media reported on...

Turkey’s jails overflow as prison population tops 400,000

The number of people held in Turkish prisons rose by over 4,000 in a month, pushing the total inmate population to over 400,000, exceeding...

Top court upholds police officer’s sentence for killing teenager during 2013 protests

Turkey’s top appeals court has upheld a prison sentence handed down to a police officer who was convicted of causing the death of a...

Turkey to send LNG vessel to Egypt in first overseas energy deal using FSRU

Turkey will send one of its floating LNG terminals to Egypt under a new agreement with Cairo, marking the first time a Turkish Floating...

Takeover of firms linked to İmamoğlu marks turning point in Turkey’s political seizure of assets: report

A Turkish state body’s takeover of companies tied to jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu marks a new phase in the use of trusteeships to...

TRT World’s X account briefly blocked in India amid anti-Turkey sentiment over Pakistan conflict

India on Wednesday blocked the official X account of Turkish state broadcaster TRT's international edition, TRT World, before unblocking it later in the day,...

US lawmakers warn Trump against F-35 sale to Turkey

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers urged President Donald Trump in a May 7 letter to oppose any sale of F-35 jets to Turkey,...

Opposition leader calls İmamoğlu’s arrest a ‘coup,’ likens it to Turkey’s past military interventions

Ali Babacan, a former deputy prime minister who is currently an opposition party leader in Turkey, has likened the arrest of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem...

Syrian ex-rebel on trial in France claims Turkey rejected war crimes case over child recruitment

A former spokesman for a Syrian Islamist rebel group told a French court on Monday that Turkey refused to pursue a war crimes case,...

Pope Leo XIV confirms preparations for visit to Turkey: report

Pope Leo XIV is preparing for a trip to Turkey to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the Aleteia news website...

Turkey-backed hackers used software flaw to spy on Kurdish security forces in Iraq: Microsoft

A Turkish state-aligned hacking group exploited a previously unknown software flaw to infiltrate communications linked to Kurdish security forces in Iraq, Microsoft said on...

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