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Turkey to deploy ‘defense industry attachés’ globally to boost arms exports

Turkey will deploy defense industry attachés to its embassies worldwide to facilitate arms exports and defense cooperation, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported, citing...

Justice remains elusive for victims’ families on 2nd anniversary of Turkey earthquakes

Two years after the February 2023 earthquakes that devastated parts of Turkey, claiming over 53,000 lives, justice remains elusive for the families of the...

New law grants Turkey’s oversight body power to remove public officials, military officers

A law passed by the Turkish parliament last week grants extraordinary powers to the State Inspection Council (DDK), a government oversight body, to remove...

Turkish court’s arrest of Halk TV editor-in-chief ‘a political move’ to silence media: CPJ

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned a Turkish court’s order to arrest Halk TV Editor-in-Chief Suat Toktaş after the opposition-aligned network aired...

Turkish academic arrested for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan on social media

Turkish academic and journalist Çiğdem Bayraktar Ör, who was detained Wednesday over a social media post on accusations of "insulting the president" and "insulting...

Turkish diplomatic passport holders will need UK visa under new rule

Turkish diplomatic passport holders will be required to obtain a visa to enter the UK starting March 11, 2025, Turkey's presidential communications directorate said...

RTÜK fines pro-opposition broadcaster for revealing phone call with expert witness

Turkey’s media watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed an administrative fine on Halk TV for airing a phone conversation between...

Turkish defense ministry expels 8 military officers over secularist chant

Turkey’s Ministry of Defense announced Friday that five newly commissioned lieutenants and three commanding officers have been dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces following...

Court releases 7 journalists arrested for protesting colleagues’ deaths in Turkish drone strike

A Turkish court has ordered the release of seven journalists who were arrested while protesting the death of two Kurdish journalists killed in a...

Turkey’s tourism revenue hit all-time high in 2024, exceeding $61 billion

Turkey's tourism revenue soared last year, increasing 8.3 percent and exceeding $61.1 billion, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) showed on Friday. In the...

Turkey has more than a third of all cases pending before European rights court

Approximately 21,600 applications from Turkey are pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), making it the highest case-count country in 2024, comprising...

Greece arrests Turkish man after search of drifting boat turns up large weapons stash

Greece arrested a Turkish man after discovering dozens of firearms and other weapons stashed on his boat when he fell ill and lost control...

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