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Turkey opens Spotify probe after ‘provocative playlist’ complaint

Turkey’s competition authority has opened an investigation into Spotify over alleged anti-competitive practices, while a deputy culture minister has called for legal action against...

Erdoğan says peace with Kurds to gain momentum as PKK prepares to lay down arms

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Saturday that peace efforts involving Turkey’s Kurdish population would gain momentum once the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) begins...

Turkey detains 3 more mayors in expanding crackdown on opposition

Three more mayors from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) were detained on Saturday morning, expanding an ongoing crackdown on the party just...

Third person dies as firefighters bring İzmir wildfire under control

A forestry worker injured in a wildfire in the Ödemiş district of Turkey’s western İzmir province has died in the hospital, raising the death...

Pro-opposition networks to go dark for 10 days due to coverage of protests over arrest of İmamoğlu

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog will impose simultaneous 10-day broadcast blackouts on opposition-aligned Halk TV and Sözcü TV starting July 8, following separate rulings that penalize...

Former İzmir mayor among 99 facing arrest in corruption investigation

Turkish prosecutors on Friday sought the arrest of 99 former and current municipal officials in the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) bastion of...

Power companies, cutting corners on safety with little gov’t oversight, fuel Turkey’s wildfires

As wildfires rage across western Turkey, experts and lawmakers are pointing to aging, poorly maintained power lines — transferred to private operators in the...

Boğaziçi University graduate detained for tearing up diploma in protest of İmamoğlu crackdown

Turkish police on Friday detained a university graduate who tore up his diploma during a graduation ceremony at Boğaziçi University to protest what he...

New indictment charges jailed İstanbul mayor with forging university degree

Turkish prosecutors have filed a new indictment against jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, accusing him of falsifying his university degree more than three decades...

Notorious Swedish crime boss captured in Turkey: police

The head of one of Sweden's biggest crime organizations, accused of instigating a surge in violent crime, has been detained in Turkey, Swedish police...

Firefighters contain blaze in western Turkey, battle two others

Firefighters brought a major wildfire in the western Turkish province of İzmir under control early Friday, but two others continued to ravage forests there,...

RTÜK suspends programs on pro-opposition networks over remarks on religion, Erdoğan

Turkey’s media watchdog has imposed program suspension penalties and maximum fines on opposition broadcasters Sözcü TV and TELE1 for airing statements deemed to violate...

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