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Turkey should scrap ‘obsolete and unjustified’ offense of insulting the president: HRW

Human Rights Watch has renewed its call for Turkey to repeal Article 299 of the penal code, which criminalizes “insulting the president,” citing recent...

PKK urges Turkey to ease leader’s prison conditions for any peace talks

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has said Turkey should ease prison conditions for its founder, Abdullah Öcalan, declaring him the group's "chief negotiator"...

Turkey’s youth mark their national day amid growing discontent and calls for change

As Turkey celebrated its annual Youth and Sports Day on Monday, many young people found little to cheer about. The national holiday — which commemorates...

Israeli-Turkish singer cancels concert over pro-Palestinian protests, asks for protection

Israeli-Turkish singer Linet Manashe canceled her concert in İstanbul over the weekend after pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the event venue, demanding that the performance...

Erdoğan eyes sweeping authority over army dismissals, promotions in proposed law

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is seeking sweeping new powers over the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) through legislation that would grant him unilateral authority...

Turkey destroys 30,000 marijuana plants: report

Turkish drug enforcement agents have destroyed 30,000 marijuana plants being secretly grown in a vast terraced garden by the Tigris River that is on...

Osimhen guides Galatasaray to 25th Turkish league title

Victor Osimhen scored to help Galatasaray claim their 25th Turkish league title on Sunday, consigning Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahçe to the runners-up spot for the...

Öcalan: Turkey-Kurdish reconciliation needs ‘paradigm shift’ after PKK move

A “major” shift is needed to repair broken ties between the Turkish state and the country’s Kurdish minority following the historic decision by the...

Erdoğan says Turkey discovered new natural gas reserve in Black Sea

Turkey has discovered a new natural gas reserve in the Black Sea that will meet its residential energy needs for more than three years,...

Turkish prosecutors seek lengthy prison sentences in deadly Kartalkaya hotel fire case

Prosecutors in Turkey are seeking long prison sentences for 32 suspects over a fire that killed 78 people at a ski resort hotel in...

Top Iranian court upholds death sentence of pop singer extradited from Turkey

Iran's Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence on blasphemy charges handed down to a pop singer whom Turkey had extradited at Tehran’s request,...

Artist shamed for silence on PKK disbandment says real danger is Turkey’s corrupt elite

A prominent Turkish-Kurdish singer and filmmaker slammed a government-aligned media campaign urging artists to support the recent disbanding of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party...

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