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Turkish businessman hit with travel ban over Ramadan email controversy

A leading Turkish businessman was barred from traveling abroad on Sunday, a day after being detained over an internal mail prosecutors alleged was limiting...

What’s next after Öcalan urges the PKK to disband?

Jailed militant leader Abdullah Öcalan's call for his Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to disband and lay down its arms after decades of armed struggle has...

Turkey’s economy grows 3.2 percent in 2024, exceeding forecast: report

Turkey's economy grew 3.0 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2024, bringing full-year growth to 3.2 percent, exceeding forecasts despite the weight of...

Öcalan’s historic call to disband PKK elicits mixed reactions from opposition leaders

Jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan’s historic call for the militant group to lay down its arms and disband has sparked a...

Rights group reports widespread abuses in Turkish prisons in 2024

Prisoners in Turkey’s northwest Marmara region endured alleged mistreatment, severe overcrowding and medical neglect in 2024, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing a...

HRW urges Turkey to use Öcalan’s call as ‘catalyst’ to end rights abuses

Human Rights Watch has called on Turkey to use a landmark call from a jailed militant leader telling his organization to lay down its...

Gov’t proposes law restricting gender transition, criminalizing expression of LGBTQ+ identity

Turkey’s Justice Ministry is proposing sweeping legal changes that would restrict gender transition procedures and criminalize public expression of LGBTQ+ identity, according to a...

Turkey among countries invited to summit on Ukraine in London

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has invited more than a dozen leaders from Europe and the EU as well as Turkey to a Sunday...

Joy and fear among Kurds in Iraq, Syria after Öcalan’s call to disarm

Jailed militant leader Abdullah Öcalan's call for the laying down of arms sparked relief but also fear for the future among Kurds in Syria and...

Pro-gov’t journalists among 14 facing criminal complaints from İstanbul mayor

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has filed criminal complaints against 14 people, including pro-government journalists, accusing them of spreading misleading information about him and insulting...

Opposition politician detained, removed from post over false death claim about far-right leader

A provincial chairman of Turkey’s opposition Gelecek (Future) Party was briefly detained and later removed from his post after falsely claiming on social media...

Int’l community sees Öcalan’s call to PKK as opportunity to end decades-long conflict

The international community has welcomed jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) founder Abdullah Öcalan’s call for the militant group to lay down its arms, with...

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