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İstanbul city official jailed along with mayor moved to house arrest amid health concerns

Mahir Polat, a senior official at the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, has been released from pretrial detention and put under house arrest, his lawyer said...

Turkey sees sixfold rise in foreign residents over two decades

Turkey's foreign resident population has grown nearly sixfold over the past 20 years, reaching 1,084,501 people with residence permits as of April 2025, according...

Turkey’s prison population exceeds capacity by nearly 100,000 amid recent surge in arrests

The number of people held in Turkish prisons rose by over 14,000 in three months, pushing the total inmate population nearly 100,000 over official...

Turkey triples poverty aid in lira, but inflation leaves more people with less

Turkey’s ruling party has tripled poverty-related aid spending since 2021, but the real value of assistance per person has declined, according to official data...

7 journalists indicted for covering protests over İstanbul mayor’s arrest

Turkish prosecutors have indicted seven journalists who were held in pretrial detention for several days last month for covering mass protests following the arrest of...

Berkin Elvan’s parents get suspended sentences on conviction of insulting Erdoğan

The parents of Berkin Elvan, a teenager who was killed during Turkey’s 2013 anti-government Gezi Park protests, have been handed down suspended sentences on...

Turkish court rejects appeal of Swedish journalist’s pretrial detention

A Turkish court has rejected an appeal challenging the pretrial detention of Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who is being held on terrorism-related charges at...

Pro-Turkey Syrian groups reduce presence in Kurdish area: official

Pro-Turkey Syrian groups have scaled down their military presence in a historically Kurdish-majority area of the country's north that they have controlled since 2018,...

Turkish students stage fresh protests in İstanbul and Ankara

Several thousand Turkish students protested on Tuesday in İstanbul and Ankara, reviving demonstrations after the March 19 detention of İstanbul's opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu...

Jailed far-right leader faces nearly 8 years in prison on incitement charges

The jailed leader of Turkey’s far-right Victory Party faces up to nearly eight years in prison, with prosecutors indicting him for allegedly inciting hatred,...

Asylum applications from Turkish citizens in Germany drop sharply in early 2025

Germany has seen a significant decline in asylum applications from Turkish citizens in the first quarter of 2025, according to data released by the...

Erdoğan sues main opposition leader, files complaint over ‘junta’ leader remarks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a criminal complaint and lawsuit against the country’s main opposition leader, who accused him of leading a...

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