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Turkey detains 14 more over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police detained 14 individuals on Tuesday over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in a series of coordinated house raids in three...

Turkish authorities intensify crackdown on pro-Kurdish opposition in 2024: report

Turkish authorities detained at least 3,948 people and arrested 632 in 2024 as part of an intensified crackdown on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and...

Activists arrested for protesting Erdoğan’s Israel trade face up to 3 years in prison

Nine pro-Palestinian activists, recently held in pretrial detention for several days for protesting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over Turkey’s alleged ongoing trade with Israel,...

Pro-Kurdish party provincial chair among 6 detained

Turkish police have detained Reşat Aşan, the Mersin provincial chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), along with five others,...

Defendant in ‘High School Girls Case’ says she was strip-searched while in custody

A university student said she was subjected to a strip-search while in custody, according to the court records for the first hearing of what is known...

ECtHR rejects application from Turkish tank commander involved in 2016 coup

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Thursday rejected all complaints brought by a Turkish tank commander involved in a coup attempt in...

Turkish spy chief Kalın visits Damascus, prays at Umayyad Mosque

Turkish intelligence chief İbrahim Kalın traveled to Damascus on Thursday, just days after an Islamist-led rebel push ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and prayed...

Police chiefs briefly detained over accusations of leaking information to exiled journalist

Bünyamin Tekin Two high-ranking police chiefs in Ankara were detained and interrogated on Wednesday for allegedly leaking sensitive information to exiled journalist Cevheri Güven, a...

UN’s Guterres vows ‘active advocacy’ for refugees facing refoulement after Turks deported from Kenya

Türkmen Terzi, Pretoria UN Secretary-General António Guterres reaffirmed the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) commitment to advocating against the forced return of refugees,...

Turkey considers relocating historic tomb to original site in Syria

The Turkish government is considering relocating a historic Ottoman tomb that was moved during a military operation in Syria in 2015 due to security...

Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya set to buy iconic Bosporus mansion for $45M: report

Hamdi Ulukaya, the Turkish-American founder of US-based yogurt brand Chobani, is reportedly acquiring a mansion on İstanbul’s Bosporus for $45 million after leasing it...

Turkey assisting third countries in safe departure of their citizens from Syria

Turkey has started providing communication and logistics support to various countries, mainly in Europe, that want to help their citizens safely leave Syria following...

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