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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...

New Gaza-bound flotilla sets sail from Turkey: organizer

Dozens of vessels set sail from southwestern Turkey on Thursday as part of a new aid flotilla bound for Gaza, an organizer told Agence...

Turkey detains 288 people in operation targeting suspected street-level drug sales

Turkish authorities detained 288 people in a 23-province narcotics operation based in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, officials said Thursday, describing the raids as...

Nearly one in four young people in Turkey neither working nor in school, official data show

Nearly one in four young people in Turkey were neither in education nor employment in 2025, with the rate rising to 30.9 percent among...

Pro-Erdoğan commentator detained in illegal betting operation

Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı, a pro-government commentator and a close confidant of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was detained Thursday as part of an illegal...

Turkey’s central bank raises 2026 inflation target to 24 percent from 16 percent

Turkey’s central bank on Thursday raised its end-2026 inflation target to 24 percent from 16 percent, acknowledging that inflation is no longer expected to...

Average household size in Turkey falls as more people live alone, TurkStat data show

The average household size in Turkey fell to 3.08 people in 2025, while the share of people living alone continued to rise, according to...

60 sought in corruption operation targeting opposition-run district municipality

Prosecutors in a central Turkish province issued detention warrants for 60 suspects, including 33 municipal employees, in a corruption investigation targeting a district municipality...

Turkish citizens top EU deportation list, raising safety concerns for political returnees

Turkish citizens comprised the largest group of nationals to be returned from European Union countries to non-EU nations in 2025, according to Eurostat data,...

Turkey detains 324 ISIL suspects in nationwide operations

Turkish police have detained 324 suspects in operations targeting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) across 47 provinces, the Interior Ministry...

İstanbul court keeps İmamoğlu, 3 others jailed in ‘political espionage’ case

A Turkish court on Wednesday rejected requests for the release of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and three co-defendants in a “political espionage” trial...

Turkish comedian sent to prison after appeals court upholds conviction over Gülen links

Turkish comedian Atalay Demirci, whose five-year prison sentence over alleged links to the Gülen movement was upheld by Turkey’s top appeals court, was sent...

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