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[UPDATE] Death toll rises to 17 as migrant boat sinks off Turkey’s Bodrum resort

Sixteen migrants and a people smuggler died when their inflatable dinghy capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish resort of Bodrum, the coastguard...

822 children under the age of 6 live in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons: report

A recent report by the Civil Society in the Penal System (CISST) has revealed a growing number of children living behind bars with their...

Four photographers on trial in Turkey for covering protests over mayor’s arrest

Four Turkish photographers, including one from Agence France-Presse, go on trial today in İstanbul and face up to three years in jail after being...

Turkish authorities arrest dozens in operation against notorious İstanbul gang

An İstanbul court on Thursday arrested 94 people after they were detained in an operation targeting an İstanbul-based gang named Daltonlar (Daltons), a loosely...

Veteran Kurdish politician acquitted of terrorism charges that led to his removal as mayor

Prominent Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk, a former co-mayor of Mardin in southeastern Turkey from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), has been...

Turkey to grant financial crimes unit the power to freeze bank accounts instantly

The Turkish Parliament is preparing to give the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) the power to immediately freeze bank accounts linked to suspicious transactions,...

Turkish man aiding Syrian refugees through Ankara charity shop arrested on sexual assault charges

A Turkish man known for helping refugees through a charity shop in Ankara has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting several Syrian women...

Turkish clubs protest decision allowing Israel to resume hosting Euro basketball games

Two of Turkey's top basketball clubs protested on Wednesday over a EuroLeague decision to once again let Israeli teams host European competition home games...

Turkish court convicts journalists for story on İstanbul prosecutor

A Turkish court has convicted three journalists from the print and online editions of the BirGün newspaper over a story about İstanbul’s chief public...

İstanbul Bar official urges end to arbitrary denial of parole, misuse of detention amid prison overcrowding

Hürrem Sönmez, secretary general of the İstanbul Bar Association, has called for an end to the arbitrary denial of parole and the misuse of...

Erdoğan’s palace spent over TL 30 million on food in 2024

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s presidential complex in Ankara’s Beştepe neighborhood spent more than 30 million Turkish lira ($714,000) on food and beverages in 2024,...

Turkey among countries practicing religious discrimination in global freedom report

Turkey is among dozens of countries accused of systematic religious discrimination in a new global report warning that nearly two-thirds of humanity lives under...

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