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US judge rules Turkish teen involved in fatal crash can be extradited: minister

Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has announced that a teenager accused of causing a fatal car accident in İstanbul and fleeing to the US...

Nerves fray in Turkey’s textile sector as Syria refugees mull return

As excitement swept through the Syrian community after Bashar al-Assad's overthrow, businesses in Turkey that rely on them for labor began quickly crunching the...

European rights court rules Turkey violated right to fair trial of 120 judges and prosecutors

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkey had violated the right to a fair trial of 120 judges and prosecutors...

Turkey remains stagnant in TI’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2024

Turkey has maintained its position with a score of 34 out of 100 in the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International...

İstanbul court acquits 3 Gezi Park defendants in retrial

An İstanbul court has acquitted three defendants in a retrial over their involvement in the 2013 anti-government Gezi Park protests after the country’s top...

Tycoon Asil Nadir laid to rest in northern Cyprus

Business tycoon Asil Nadir, once jailed for stealing millions from his Polly Peck empire, was buried on Tuesday after a funeral in northern Cyprus,...

Turkey saw crackdown on journalists escalate in Q4, with dozens behind bars: report

Some 200 journalists appeared in court in 102 trials in Turkey from October to December, while the number of journalists in jail rose from...

Turkish gov’t intensifies crackdown on opposition party with new wave of detentions

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 10 senior officials from nine district municipalities in İstanbul, most of which are run by the main opposition Republican...

US prosecutors ordered to drop charges against NYC mayor over corrupt dealings with Turkish gov’t

The US Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors on Monday to drop charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams over his alleged corrupt dealings...

Ankara prosecutors probe allegations of vote-buying in main opposition party congress

Ankara prosecutors have launched an investigation of the main opposition Republican People’s Party's (CHP) 38th Ordinary Congress, where Özgür Özel was elected party chairman...

X blocks access to account of journalist who exposed Turkey’s trade with Israel

Social media platform X has blocked the account in Turkey of Turkish journalist Metin Cihan after he published reports using official data revealing continued...

Turkish Cypriot business tycoon dies at 83: report

Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir, once a fugitive from justice for stealing millions from his British Polly Peck conglomerate, has died,  Reuters reported, citing...

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