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Turkish lawyer in high-profile cases arrested on bribery charges

Rezan Epözdemir, a Turkish lawyer known for representing clients in several high-profile murder and fraud cases, has been arrested on charges of “acting as...

Turkey’s main opposition leader faces fresh probe, lawsuit over remarks criticizing Erdoğan

Turkey’s justice minister announced on Wednesday that prosecutors have opened an investigation into main opposition leader Özgür Özel over comments he made criticizing President...

CHP leader accuses former AKP official of pressuring jailed businessman for false testimony, cash

Turkey’s main opposition leader Özgür Özel has accused a former senior figure in the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of attempting to coerce...

US report says Turkey committed widespread human rights abuses in 2024

Turkey committed widespread human rights violations in 2024, including unlawful killings, torture, arbitrary detention, media censorship and transnational repression, according to a new US...

Expanding forgery scandal reveals massive prescription abuse, ID fraud

New revelations in two high-profile criminal cases have expanded the scope of a recent forgery scandal in Turkey, exposing rampant prescription abuse and ID...

İmamoğlu says he could back other opposition figures in race against Erdoğan: report

Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, widely seen as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s strongest challenger and his party's presidential candidate, says he is open...

Turkey blocks research vessel in eastern Mediterranean over cable project dispute

Turkey intercepted and turned back a Gibraltar-flagged research vessel conducting seabed surveys for a planned fiberoptic cable in the eastern Mediterranean, saying it was...

Diplomas of jailed İstanbul mayor, 27 others removed from Turkey’s higher education database

The diplomas of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and 27 others were removed from Turkey’s national higher education database after İstanbul University ruled their...

Turkey warns YPG to stop ‘playing for time,’ address Ankara’s security concerns in Syria

The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which leads the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), should stop “playing for time” and abide by its integration...

İstanbul appeals court rules Taksim Square May Day ban unlawful

An appeals court in İstanbul has ruled that a ban on May Day celebrations in the city’s central Taksim Square in 2024 was unlawful,...

30 detained in Antalya, İstanbul as Turkey’s crackdown on CHP-run cities deepens

Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained 30 people in raids on the opposition-led municipalities of Antalya and İstanbul, part of a series of corruption investigations...

İmamoğlu criticizes Erdoğan government over exclusion from Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal

Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) candidate for next presidential election, has called Turkey’s absence from a recent US-brokered...

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