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Turkish police detain 57 in new operation targeting İstanbul Municipality

Turkish police detained 57 people on Monday in a new operation targeting an İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality subsidiary, the latest in a series of investigations...

95 percent of İstanbul residents worried after school shootings: survey

More than 95 percent of İstanbul residents say they are worried about recent school attacks in Turkey, according to a survey by the İstanbul...

European rights court faults Turkey for pretrial detention of former Kurdish lawmaker

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of former Kurdish lawmaker Ayla Akat Ata by holding her...

Iran confirms squad will travel to Turkey for World Cup preparations

Iran's World Cup squad will travel to Turkey on Monday for a training camp, friendlies and to complete visa applications before heading to the...

French judge to probe Khashoggi killing after complaint against Saudi crown prince

A Paris magistrate will investigate the 2018 assassination of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi after rights groups filed a complaint against Crown Prince Mohammed...

Greece asks EU to intervene over alleged unlawful fishing by Turkish vessels

Greece has asked the European Union to intervene in what it says is illegal fishing by Turkish vessels in the eastern Mediterranean and violations...

Turkish court sentences Kurdish journalist to more than 4 years for allegedly aiding terrorist organization

A Turkish court in the southeastern province of Van on Thursday sentenced Kurdish journalist Reyhan Hacıoğlu to four years, two months in prison for...

Turkish Parliament rejects proposal on Kurdish language rights

Turkey’s parliament on Thursday rejected a proposal by the country’s pro-Kurdish party to investigate barriers to the public use of the Kurdish language, the...

Case against Gülen-linked New York school fuels concerns of Turkey’s transnational repression in US

A court case involving a New York school linked to the faith-based Gülen movement has fueled concerns that Turkey is extending its yearslong crackdown on the...

Former deputy police chief warns of burnout, pressure in Turkish force amid rising suicides

Orhan Sait Berber Former Ankara deputy police chief İsmail Öztürk has warned that long working hours, pressure from superiors and weakened recruitment standards are fueling...

Turkey paid city hospital operators nearly 5 times cancer-control budget in 4 months

Turkey’s Health Ministry paid 57.56 billion lira ($1.27 billion) to companies operating city hospitals built under the public-private partnership (PPP) model in the first...

Turkish police detain 32 in probes targeting CHP-run municipalities

Turkish police on Friday detained 32 people in three separate investigations targeting municipalities run by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in İstanbul...

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