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Turkey detains 31 linked to the military in raids targeting Gülen movement

Turkish authorities detained 31 people linked to the Turkish Armed Forces over alleged ties to the faith-based Gülen movement in two separate operations this...

Öcalan urges Kurdish youth in Europe to return, says he would choose prison over exile

Jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan has called on young Kurdish adults who migrated to Europe to return and build their lives in...

İstanbul district mayor, 25 others arrested in expanding crackdown targeting CHP

Hasan Mutlu, mayor of the Bayrampaşa district of İstanbul from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), was arrested late Monday along with 25 others in...

Greece stages military exercise in Aegean after Turkish survey announcement: report

Greece launched a medium-scale military exercise across the Aegean Sea early on Wednesday, deploying air, naval and ground forces, following an announcement by Turkey...

Turkish pianist Fazıl Say says Israel committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza, urges music world to speak out

Turkish composer and pianist Fazıl Say has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and called on Western music institutions and fellow artists to...

Turkey detains 14 foreign ministry staff, ex-employees over Gülen links

Turkish authorities have detained eight Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff members and six former employees on accusations of links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...

Turkish woman acquitted of insulting president after criticizing Instagram ban

An appeals court in western Turkey has acquitted a woman who had been convicted of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a street interview...

Pope to travel to Turkey, Lebanon in late November

Preparations are underway for Pope Leo XIV to travel to Turkey and Lebanon at the end of November in what would be his first...

Families of victims challenge ministry refusal to investigate officials over Kartalkaya fire

Families of victims of a hotel fire that killed 78 people in the northwestern resort of Kartalkaya have appealed to Turkey’s Council of State...

Can Holding chairman under house arrest, 5 jailed in probe that led to seizure of 121 companies

A Turkish court has ordered the house arrest of Kenan Tekdağ, chairman of Can Holding, while detaining five other company executives as part of...

Armenia to remove Mount Ararat from passport stamps in symbolic step toward Turkey

Armenia will drop Mount Ararat from passport stamps at its border crossings, a government decree showed, in a move officials say aims to avoid...

Turkey joins 15 nations in call to protect Gaza aid flotilla

Turkey and 15 other countries issued a joint statement on Tuesday expressing concern for the safety of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian aid...

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