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Turkey detains over 200 before NATO summit

Turkish police on Tuesday detained more than 200 people suspected of links to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and outlawed...

Controversial LGBT, social media measures left out of AKP judicial bill

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has submitted a narrower version of its long-debated 12th judicial package to parliament, leaving out several controversial...

Germany says visa demand in Turkey exceeds capacity, urges Ankara to meet EU criteria

The German Foreign Ministry has acknowledged that demand for German visas in Turkey far exceeds available capacity, while saying a long-term solution depends on...

Erdoğan pushes new talks on reopening Halki Orthodox seminary: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ordered officials to resume talks on reopening the Halki Theological School, a historic Orthodox Christian seminary near İstanbul...

ISIL suspect claims group was in talks with Turkish gov’t during deadly 2015 Ankara bombing

An Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suspect who was recently captured in Syria and brought to Turkey has claimed in a...

In Turkey’s Mardin province, refugee and local children discover the magic of photography

In a dimly lit room illuminated by a pair of red lamps, eight-year-old Zeynep waits to see photographs she has taken, now trapped as...

Rights groups condemn Turkey’s closure of LGBT X accounts

Turkey's decision to block about 40 X accounts linked to feminist or LGBT groups constitutes "an extremely serious and disproportionate infringement of free speech,”...

Russian drone strike hits Turkish-owned cargo ship off Ukraine, killing crew member

A Russian drone struck a Turkish-owned cargo vessel en route to Ukraine, setting it on fire and killing one crew member, Ukrainian officials said...

Turkey weighs reopening Halki seminary as university: report

The Turkish government is considering reopening the historic Halki Theological School as a university institution, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, in a move that could...

[ANALYSIS] Europe’s Turkey report points to a rule-of-law crisis beyond justice minister

Adem Yavuz Arslan* The European Parliament’s 2025 report on Turkey has caused an unusually strong reaction in Ankara. At first glance, the reason may appear...

PKK withdraws from 72 positions in northern Iraq amid Turkey peace process: report

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has withdrawn from 72 positions in northern Iraq as part of Turkey’s ongoing peace process with the group,...

Mayor of CHP stronghold İzmir quits party over court-ordered leadership change

The mayor of the western Turkish province of İzmir, long seen as the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) strongest electoral stronghold, resigned from...

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