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Turkish police launch raids targeting 135 illegal betting suspects across 33 provinces

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 135 suspects as part of a sweeping operation targeting illegal betting networks across 33 provinces, the state-run...

Businessman accused of spying for US, UK and Israel says he spied on Gülen movement for Ankara

A Turkish businessman accused of spying for the US, the UK and Israel told a court Monday that he helped Ankara identify the names,...

Jailed Antalya mayor, son seek leniency by cooperating in corruption probe targeting municipality

Jailed Antalya Mayor Muhittin Böcek and his son have applied to benefit from a Turkish legal provision that can allow suspects to seek reduced...

Turkey-Syria border crossing to reopen after 12-year closure

One of the border crossings between Turkey and Syria is to reopen on Tuesday, ending a 12-year closure, local officials said Monday. The reopening of...

Germany’s Kant foundation honors jailed İstanbul mayor, wife with World Citizen Award

Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and his wife, Dilek İmamoğlu, have been awarded the Kant World Citizen Award by Germany’s Immanuel Kant Foundation in recognition...

Turkish comedian faces up to 3 years in prison over joke about Ottoman sultan

Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment seeking up to three years in prison for stand-up comedian Tuba Ulu over a joke she made about...

3 Turkish citizens evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship put in isolation in İstanbul

Three Turkish citizens evacuated from the MV Hondius, a cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak, were brought to İstanbul overnight and put...

Renovated Greek Orthodox seminary in İstanbul to be inaugurated but not reopened, patriarchate says

The renovation of a long-closed Greek Orthodox school on an İstanbul island will be finished in September, although it does not yet have a...

Turkish Airlines plane evacuated after landing gear fire in Nepal

Hundreds of passengers and the crew aboard a Turkish Airlines flight to Nepal were safely evacuated on Monday after the plane's landing gear caught...

Turkish justice minister boasted about wiretapping Erdoğan’s calls, main opposition leader claims

Turkey’s main opposition leader, Özgür Özel, alleged that Justice Minister Akın Gürlek had boasted to people around him that he was secretly listening to...

Former Turkish PM, ex-Erdoğan allies call for retrials after ECtHR ruling on coup-era conviction

A former Turkish prime minister, a culture minister and an opposition lawmaker called for the retrial of thousands convicted in the crackdown that followed...

UN rapporteur, experts warn governments still use INTERPOL to pursue journalists in exile

Orhan Sait Berber - Geneva Press freedom experts and a UN special rapporteur have warned that authoritarian governments continue to misuse INTERPOL mechanisms to target...

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