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UN-protected refugee deported to Turkey by Rwanda with his children

A Turkish refugee under United Nations protection was deported from Rwanda to Turkey on Saturday with his three children, following apparent pressure from the...

İzmir city workers strike for higher wages, bringing buses, trash collection to a halt

A strike by thousands of municipal workers in Turkey’s western city of İzmir over wage demands continued on its fifth day Monday, halting public...

NATO awards modular GBAD contract to Turkey’s ASELSAN, 4 global defense contractors

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has awarded outline agreements to five defense companies including Turkish defense contractor ASELSAN for concept studies and...

Opposition politician sentenced to over 16 years in espionage case

A Turkish court has sentenced opposition politician Metin Gürcan, a prominent defense analyst and co-founder of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), to more...

Report clears pro-gov’t businessmen in Turkey earthquake deaths case, sparking backlash

A new expert report has cleared two prominent businessmen with ties to Turkey’s ruling party of responsibility in the collapse of a building that...

Turkey targets İstanbul city officials, mayors in expanding crackdown on opposition

Turkish authorities have issued detention warrants for 47 city officials, district mayors and staff across İstanbul, whose mayor, the main political rival of President...

EU’s Turkey rapporteur visits jailed İstanbul mayor, says Turkey’s EU future ‘begins in Silivri’

Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on Turkey, visited jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Friday at Marmara Prison in Silivri, expressing strong...

Turkish police seize fake currencies worth $115 million in Istanbul

Turkish police have seized a cache of counterfeit foreign currencies worth around $115 million in İstanbul and arrested five foreign nationals suspected of planning...

Turkish court releases 14 students arrested during protests over İmamoğlu detention

A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release of 14 students pending trial who were jailed for over two months following demonstrations protesting the...

Turkey arrests 13 in dessert chain probe over alleged Gülen links

A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of 13 people previously detained in connection with a probe into Antiochia Künefe, a popular dessert...

Opposition slams Turkey’s prison reform bill for excluding political prisoners

A new prison reform bill introduced by Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has come under fire from opposition lawmakers, who say the...

More Turks identify as nonbelievers, fewer as devout, new survey reveals

A survey by KONDA Research has revealed a significant shift in religious identification in Turkey over the past 16 years, showing a decline in...

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