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Turkish experts to help find hostage bodies in Gaza: ministry sources

Turkey has sent 81 disaster relief experts to the Gaza Strip, some of whom will help with finding the remains of 19 hostages still...

AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate suspicious death of female student in eastern Turkey

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its far-right ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Wednesday rejected a parliamentary motion to investigate...

Turkey appoints former disaster chief to coordinate Gaza aid as it steps up post-ceasefire role: report

Turkey has appointed Mehmet Güllüoğlu, the former head of the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), as coordinator for humanitarian aid to Gaza,...

Turkish journalist laid to rest with calls for justice after brutal attack

Hundreds gathered in İstanbul on Thursday to bid farewell to journalist and environmental filmmaker Hakan Tosun, who died on Monday after a brutal street...

Turkish prosecutors issue detention warrants over alleged hotel takeover scheme

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for seven suspects in an investigation into alleged racketeering, usury and money laundering tied to the takeover of...

Erdoğan denies claims Turkey will hand rare earth reserves to foreign countries

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has denied claims that Turkey plans to hand over control of its rare earth reserves in the central province...

Turkey tops OECD in youth disengagement, ranks last in Europe for graduate employment

Nearly one in three young people in Turkey is neither working nor studying, the highest rate among members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation...

Iranian Kurdish dissident in İstanbul dies from gunshot wounds: reports

An Iranian Kurdish dissident has died after being shot while walking home in İstanbul, Turkish media reported on Wednesday, in what rights groups described...

Turkey moves to criminalize behavior ‘contrary to biological sex,’ alarming LGBTQ+ community

Turkey’s government is drafting a judicial reform bill that would impose prison sentences on people who publicly promote or depict gender identities or expressions...

Turkey sees lowest rainfall in 52 years, weather agency warns

Turkey has recorded its lowest rainfall levels in more than five decades, according to a report released by the General Directorate of Meteorology, part...

Int’l press groups urge full probe into killing of Turkish environmental journalist

International press organizations have joined local press groups in strongly condemning a fatal attack on journalist and environmental activist Hakan Tosun and urged Turkish...

Prosecutors seek prison sentence for acting İstanbul mayor over courthouse incident

An indictment has been filed against Nuri Aslan, the acting mayor of İstanbul, on charges of “attempting to prevent the performance of duty,” for...

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