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Senior PKK figure says jailed leader’s freedom ‘key’ to peace process

Securing the release of the jailed founder of the Kurdish militant group Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is needed for the success of the emerging...

Kurdish PKK announces withdrawal of all forces from Turkey to northern Iraq

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) began withdrawing all of its forces from Turkish soil to northern Iraq on Sunday, while urging Ankara to...

Turkey appoints trustee to run pro-opposition network TELE1

Turkish authorities have appointed a government-controlled trustee to take over management of TELE1, one of the country’s last remaining pro-opposition television networks, after the...

Turkish court adjourns trial of AFP photographer and 3 other journalists over protest coverage

A Turkish court on Friday adjourned the trial of four journalists, including Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographer Yasin Akgül, who face up to three years...

Turkey investigates journalists, blocks access to reports on suspicious death of female student

Turkish authorities have opened investigations into journalists reporting on the suspicious death in 2024 of university student Rojin Kabaiş and have blocked access to...

7 Turkish students face jail for allegedly insulting Erdoğan during İmamoğlu protests

A Turkish prosecutor is seeking prison sentences for seven university students accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in slogans chanted at a rally...

Turkey’s brain drain led by engineering and IT graduates, official data show

The rate of brain drain among Turkish university graduates remained at 2 percent in 2024, with engineers and information technology graduates leading the exodus,...

New investigation targets jailed İstanbul mayor, TV executive on allegations of espionage

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and his campaign director, both of whom are in pretrial detention as part of another investigation, have also been implicated...

Turkish YouTubers freed after conviction for joke about the Prophet Muhammad

An İstanbul court on Friday sentenced a YouTube host and his guest to seven months in prison but ordered their release due to time...

Baby weighing record 6.15 kilograms born in Turkey’s Bursa province

A baby weighing 6.15 kilograms (13.6 pounds) and measuring 59 centimeters (23 inches) was born by cesarean section in the western Turkish city of...

Turkey’s economic crisis leaves youths jobless and disillusioned

More than half of Turkey’s young people are not working, a new study shows, revealing widespread hopelessness and low life satisfaction among a generation...

Ankara court dismisses case challenging main opposition party congress

An Ankara court on Friday threw out a corruption case against Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on the grounds that it lacked...

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