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4 students arrested after police violently disperse Ankara protest over mayor’s detention

Four students were arrested and 22 others were released after police used excessive force to disperse a recent student protest in Ankara against the...

25 opposition city officials in İstanbul indicted on terrorism financing charges

İstanbul prosecutors have indicted 25 former and current city officials from four opposition-run municipalities on charges of financing terrorism, according to a report from...

NYT calls for end of global silence as Turks resist Erdoğan’s ‘authoritarianism’

In a strongly worded editorial published on Sunday, The New York Times urged democratic nations around the world to end their silence and take...

PKK says it is waiting for Öcalan’s freedom before convening congress to lay down arms

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said it is waiting for steps to allow its jailed leader, Abdullah Öcalan, to "live and work freely"...

Kurdish delegation from Turkey joins Syria conference on country’s future

A delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) participated in a Kurdish conference in northeastern Syria on Saturday, as Syrian...

Ankara police use excessive force to detain 30 in anti-gov’t protests over Erdoğan rival’s arrest

Police in Ankara detained at least 30 people on Friday, including students, a journalist and a lawyer, during a protest over the arrest of...

İstanbul city officials among 47 detained in new crackdown after Erdoğan rival’s arrest

Turkish authorities detained 47 people on Saturday, including senior officials from İstanbul’s opposition-run municipality as well as the brother-in-law of the city's recently suspended...

Health minister defends C-section ban amid backlash against childbirth campaign

Turkish Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu has defended a new regulation banning elective Caesarean births in private healthcare facilities, following widespread criticism of a recent...

Turkey joins NATO’s top spenders but sees drop in alliance-wide share

Turkey has met NATO's key defense spending targets for the first time, but its share of the alliance’s total defense expenditure has declined as...

Last 2 defendants released in terrorism trial of girls over religious, social activities

A Turkish court has ordered the release of the last two jailed defendants in a case known as the “girls’ trial,” which involves 41...

Trials begin for 93 defendants detained in İstanbul protests following İmamoğlu’s arrest

Trials have begun for 93 people detained during protests in İstanbul following the arrest of Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and his aides, the Velev news...

Student jailed over İmamoğlu protests taken to hospital after fainting in cell during quake

A university student arrested during demonstrations sparked by the arrest and suspension from office of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was taken to a hospital...

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