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Pro-Kurdish party defies ban on protests over removal of its mayor from office

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) is holding protests in the southeastern city of Hakkari against the removal of the city’s...

Turkish man officially changes religion to exempt child from mandatory Islamic lessons

A man in Turkey has officially converted to Christianity from Islam with the aim of making his child exempt from religion classes, which are...

Two pilots killed in Turkey military training plane crash

A military training plane has crashed in central Turkey, killing the two pilots aboard, Agence France-Presse reported on Tuesday, citing the defense ministry. The plane...

Turkish court awards purge victim compensation for emotional distress

A Turkish court has ordered the state to pay damages to an individual whose name has not been released summarily dismissed from their job...

78-year-old retired teacher fined for ‘insulting’ deputy minister

A Turkish court has fined a 78-year-old former teacher for insulting a deputy minister, ordering the teacher to pay him TL 7,080 ($220) as...

Turkey’s top court rules in favor of LGBT activist in landmark hate speech case

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of a LGBT activist, declaring that a lower court’s refusal to block homophobic content targeting her was...

Majority of Turks believe TurkStat understates inflation figures

An overwhelming majority of Turks believe that the country’s statistical authority, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), is releasing lower figures than the country’s actual...

New Fenerbahçe coach Mourinho gets warm welcome in İstanbul

Two-time Champions League winning coach Jose Mourinho arrived in İstanbul on Sunday, where he was announced as the new manager of Fenerbahçe and was...

Turkish gov’t removes Kurdish mayor from office 2 months after his election

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has removed Mehmet Sıddık Akış, the co-mayor of Hakkari from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), and replaced...

Deadly apartment building collapse renews fears about looming İstanbul earthquake

An apartment building collapse killed one person and injured eight in İstanbul on Sunday, renewing fears about the resilience of buildings in a city...

Thousands protest Turkish government’s stray dog cull plan

Thousands of protesters rallied in İstanbul on Sunday in outrage at the Turkish government's proposals to put down stray dogs, yelling: "No to the...

Turkey’s inflation exceeds 75 percent but peak in sight

Turkish inflation jumped above 75 percent in May, official data showed Monday, but officials expect consumer prices to have finally peaked in a cost-of-living...

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