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Turkey blocks access to İmamoğlu’s campaign account on X over ‘national security’ concerns

Turkey has blocked access to an X account opened to promote the presidential campaign of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the jailed mayor of İstanbul and the...

New regulation gives Turkey’s president final say on mining permits, prompting legal, environmental concerns

Turkey has introduced sweeping changes to its mining permit system that put the final decision-making authority under the presidency, a move environmental groups and...

Pro-gov’t Limak Holding wins environmental approval for controversial gold mine in western Turkey

Limak Holding, a conglomerate with close ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has received government approval for a major gold mining project in...

Turkey suspends C-130 flights after fatal plane crash

Turkey suspended flights by its C-130 military cargo planes as a precautionary measure a day after one crashed in neighboring Georgia, killing all 20...

Turkey again ranks 10th globally in organized crime index, lags in resilience

Turkey has maintained its position as one of the world’s most criminalized countries, ranking 10th out of 193 nations in the 2025 Global Organized...

Speculation of sabotage, projectile grows as Turkey investigates military plane crash

Turkish investigators have recovered the black box from a military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia on Tuesday, killing all 20 people on board,...

Some 3,000 cattle stranded on ship off Turkish coast

Nearly 3,000 cattle shipped from Uruguay have been stranded for three weeks off Turkey's northwest coast since authorities blocked their entry over documentation irregularities,...

İstanbul mayor says indictment seeking to jail him for 2,430 years is built on lies

İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on Wednesday rejected what he called a “fabricated” indictment seeking a record sentence of up to 2,430 years in...

Senior PKK figure rules out revival of group, says ‘there’s no going back’

A senior leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has ruled out any return to the militant group’s former structure, saying it has...

Jailed İstanbul mayor, wife receive ‘Award for Courage’ from German foundation

The Axel Springer Freedom Foundation in Germany has presented its Award for Courage to jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and his wife, human rights...

Turkey charges 4 journalists with aiding criminal organization in İmamoğlu indictment

Four Turkish journalists have been charged with aiding a criminal organization and publicly spreading false information in an indictment that also seeks up to...

Turkey says military plane crash in Georgia killed all 20 onboard

Turkey said on Wednesday that all 20 people onboard a military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia on its return from Azerbaijan had died. The...

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