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Turkish police detain 29 in İstanbul municipality corruption probe

Turkish police on Friday detained 29 people as part of an investigation into corruption allegations at the opposition-run İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, state media reported. İstanbul...

2 Britons arrested in Turkey with 20kg of cannabis after Thailand trip

A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of a British couple returning home from Thailand who were detained at Istanbul Airport with 20 kg...

Swedish journalist’s terrorism trial in Turkey adjourned after 3-minute hearing

The trial in absentia of Swedish journalist Joakim Medin on terrorism-related charges in Turkey was adjourned Thursday after a brief hearing in İstanbul that...

Ballistics reports kept from courts show soldiers accused in Turkey coup trial did not fire weapons

Ballistics reports that were long absent from one of Turkey’s main trials over a failed 2016 coup have surfaced nearly 10 years later, with...

Rights group urges Turkey to revise Article 314, review terrorism convictions after ECtHR ruling

A leading Turkish rights organization has urged the government to revise Article 314 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), a widely used provision criminalizing...

Jailed İstanbul mayor accuses Erdoğan of taking ‘no steps’ in PKK peace process

Jailed İstanbul mayor and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu has accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of failing to take...

US to host Turkish delegation for talks on cybersecurity, AI infrastructure

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will host a delegation of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence decision-makers from Turkey May 9-20 for talks on...

Turkish vlogger says cruise ship failed to take hantavirus risk seriously after passenger’s death

Ruhi Çenet was surprised when cruise-ship life carried on as usual aboard the MV Hondius, even after the captain announced the first passenger's death. The...

Exile no longer safe as journalists face growing cross-border repression, UN panel warns

Orhan Sait Berber, Geneva Diplomats, UN officials and press freedom advocates warned at a panel discussion in Geneva on Tuesday that exile no longer guarantees...

26 women killed by men, 23 died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in April

Twenty-six women were murdered by men in Turkey in April, while another 23 died under suspicious circumstances, the We Will Stop Femicide Platform said in a...

Trial opens in İstanbul over death of environmental journalist

A trial concerning the death of a Turkish journalist known for his environmental reporting began in an İstanbul court on Wednesday, rights groups said. Hakan...

Top appeals court drops case over 1990s disappearance of 8 people in SE Turkey

Turkey’s top appeals court has dropped a long-running case concerning the enforced disappearance of eight people, including three children, in the predominantly Kurdish province...

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