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Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen movement continues, returning asylum seekers puts them at risk, report warns

Turkey’s crackdown on alleged members of the Gülen movement is continuing despite claims by some Western governments that the persecution of the group is...

Greece strongly objects to possible French Meteor missile sale to Turkey

Greece has voiced strong opposition to Turkey's potential acquisition of Meteor missiles along with Eurofighter jets, with Defense Minister Nikos Dendias demanding an explanation...

Former Turkish minister says judiciary became ‘militant’ after failed coup

Hüseyin Çelik, a founding member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) who served as minister of education between 2003 and 2009, has...

Drone strike on Kurdish ambulance by Turkey-backed forces in Syria is ‘an apparent war crime’: HRW

A drone strike by the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) on January 18 that hit a Kurdish Red Crescent ambulance in northern Syria is...

Top engineers union puts blame on tourism ministry in preliminary report on deadly hotel fire

A preliminary reported drafted by a leading engineering union in Turkey has pointed to the country’s tourism ministry as being responsible for inspecting the...

Turkey’s spy agency aided in release of Thai prisoners in Gaza: report

Turkey's spy agency helped secure the release of five Thai prisoners by Hamas on Thursday as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel,...

3 Turks killed at Israel border shed light on little-known labor pipeline

Three Turkish men trying to enter Israel illegally were killed by a drone strike near the Lebanon-Israel border, highlighting a little-known labor pipeline that...

Turkey’s actors, artists under pressure as gov’t turns up the heat

Ayse Barım, a renowned manager of Turkish television stars, has always steered clear of politics, but that did not help her escape prison on...

Turkish court jails opposition journalist

A court in Turkey on Thursday ordered the arrest of a journalist from an opposition television channel accused of broadcasting a secretly recorded interview...

Ankara condemns Israeli strike that killed three Turks

Turkey on Wednesday condemned an Israeli strike that killed three of its citizens who attempted to illegally cross from Lebanon to Israel, Agence France-Presse...

Turkey surpasses 2025 solar target as capacity doubles in 2.5 years: report

Turkey's solar power capacity has doubled to over 18 gigawatts (GW) in two-and-a-half years, beating its 2025 target by 18 months, with self-consumption installations...

Number of Syrians returning home after Assad’s ouster exceeds 81,000: minister

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Tuesday that more than 81,000 Syrians have returned home since December 9 following the ouster of Syrian...

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