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Iraq resumes Kurdish oil exports to Turkey after 2-year halt

Iraq on Saturday resumed crude exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region to Turkey, state media said, after a more than two-year halt over legal...

Trump links Erdoğan to ‘rigged elections,’ reviving scrutiny of Turkey’s vote security

US President Donald Trump sparked renewed debate about election integrity in Turkey on Thursday when he quipped during a White House meeting that his...

YouTubers face up to four-and-a-half years over joke about the Prophet Muhammad

Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment demanding prison sentences of up to four-and-a-half years for a YouTube program host and his guest, who were...

Erdoğan signals readiness to discuss reopening Halki Seminary after White House visit

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he is ready to discuss the possible reopening of the Halki Seminary, the Greek Orthodox theological school...

‘We are not afraid,’ jailed İstanbul mayor tells court

İstanbul's jailed opposition mayor on Friday said he was "not afraid" as he denounced the legal case against him as part of a broader...

4 LeMan magazine staff members freed in controversial cartoon case

A Turkish court has released four staff members of the LeMan satirical magazine who were jailed over a cartoon deemed insulting to religious values,...

Top court rejects all but one rights violation in case of 2015 killing of Kurdish woman

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has dismissed nearly all allegations of rights violations in the case of a Kurdish woman whose body was left lying in...

Qur’an instructor imprisoned in Turkey over alleged Gülen links amid ongoing crackdown

A former Qur’an instructor was sent to prison last week in western Turkey on conviction of membership in a terrorist organization due to her...

Turkey eases pistachio import rules ahead of Erdoğan–Trump meeting

Turkey eased restrictions on pistachio imports, in a move that has attracted criticism from local growers, days before President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s scheduled meeting...

Pro-gov’t columnists appointed to run Can Holding media group after gov’t seizure

Two columnists from pro-government newspapers have been appointed to manage media outlets seized earlier this month from Can Holding in a money-laundering probe, the...

Turkey opens antitrust probe into Spotify over pricing and playlist practices

Turkey’s competition authority said Thursday it has opened an investigation into Spotify to assess possible discriminatory practices and predatory pricing in the country’s online...

Turkey breaks up crime ring accused of staging fake property sales to secure citizenship for foreigners

Turkish authorities have dismantled a crime syndicate accused of arranging fraudulent real estate sales to help hundreds of foreigners obtain citizenship, Interior Minister Ali...

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