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17 referees among 21 sought in Turkey over alleged betting, matchfixing

Turkish prosecutors on Friday issued detention warrants for 21 people, including 17 referees and two top football executives, as part of a major betting...

Turkish judges defy Constitutional Court, reject retrial of former city planner

An İstanbul court on Thursday rejected a ruling by Turkey’s Constitutional Court ordering a retrial of former city planner Tayfun Kahraman, attracting criticism from...

Rights groups urge Turkish parliamentary commission to push reforms protecting Kurds

Three international rights groups are urging a cross-party parliamentary commission in Turkey to recommend sweeping legal and institutional reforms aimed at protecting Kurds and other...

Turkey threatens fines against Nutella maker for lost nut sales

Turkish authorities on Thursday warned that they could impose fines on Italian sweet-packaged food company Ferrero for failing to buy Turkish hazelnuts, a key...

30 Turkish bar associations call for Demirtaş’s release after European court ruling

Thirty bar associations across Turkey on Wednesday urged the authorities to release prominent Kurdish opposition leader Selahattin Demirtaş, following a binding European Court of...

Turkey’s main opposition leader faces fresh probe over remarks targeting Erdoğan, İstanbul prosecutor

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into Özgür Özel, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), on allegations of insult after he...

Journalists ordered to provide statements to police over coverage of jailed İstanbul mayor

Turkish prosecutors ordered six journalists to give statements to the police as suspects in an investigation linked to jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, Turkish...

Main opposition official detained in expanding probe into İstanbul Municipality’s voter data

Turkish police have detained the information technology coordinator of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) as part of an expanding investigation into the...

RSF urges Turkey to release journalist arrested on espionage charges

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday called on Turkish authorities to immediately release journalist Merdan Yanardağ, the editor-in-chief of the TELE1 broadcaster, who has...

İstanbul court accepts indictment of businessman, CHP mayors in major corruption case

An İstanbul court has accepted a sweeping indictment of businessman Aziz İhsan Aktaş and several mayors from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP),...

Police question jailed İstanbul mayor’s father, son on alleged money laundering

The father and son of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu were questioned by police on Wednesday as suspects in an expanding investigation into alleged...

8 more detained in Antalya bribery probe amid crackdown on main opposition

Turkish police have detained eight more people in an expanding bribery and money laundering investigation targeting the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, where the mayor, Muhittin...

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