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Top court upholds acquittals in 1990s extrajudicial killings trial due to lack of ‘credible evidence’

Turkey's Supreme Appeals Court has ruled to uphold the acquittal of 19 defendants, including a former interior minister, in a trial involving the enforced...

Turkish intelligence agency captures al-Qaeda operative in Africa

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has captured Ahmet Baykara, a member of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization who is accused of responsibility for several attacks...

Uganda signs rail building deal with Turkish construction firm: report

Uganda's government and Turkish construction firm Yapı Merkezi have signed a contract to build a 272 kilometer (169 mile) section of railway in a...

Turkish gov’t seeks to introduce new tax to fund defense industry

The Turkish government is planning to impose a new tax on credit cards that is designed to fund the defense industry, Agence France-Presse reported. As...

Turkey sees rise in hate crime with a sharp increase in racist attacks: report

Turkey saw a sharp increase in discriminatory, racist and hate-fueled attacks between January 1 and September 1, 2024, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported,...

Chanting pro-Kurdish slogans is protected by free speech laws, Turkey’s top court rules

Chanting pro-Kurdish slogans and singing songs in Kurdish are protected by freedom of speech laws, Turkey’s Constitutional Court has said, in a ruling ordering...

Erdoğan blasts UN over Israeli attacks on peacekeepers

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday hit out at the United Nations for failing to prevent Israel from firing at its peacekeepers in...

Israeli shipping giant ZIM continues operations in Turkey despite ban

Vessels belonging to Israeli shipping firm ZIM remain active in Turkish waters despite a trade ban Turkey imposed on Israel in May due to...

AKP officials face sanctions for attending Burger King opening amid Turks’ Israel boycott

Several mayors and local officials from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the Black Sea province of Rize have been referred to...

MPs from pro-Kurdish party face complaints after attending rally for PKK leader’s freedom

The governor’s office in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır has filed criminal complaints against lawmakers from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM...

Turkish-American economist among recipients of Nobel economics prize 2024

Daron Acemoğlu, a Turkish-American economist with Armenian roots, has been named one of three recipients of the Nobel prize in economics 2024 by the...

Turkey condemns Israeli attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, calls for int’l action

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has condemned recent attacks by Israeli forces on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), accusing the Israeli government...

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