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Turkey detains over 200 before NATO summit

Turkish police on Tuesday detained more than 200 people suspected of links to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and outlawed...

DEM Party indignant after CHP leader says he doesn’t regret vote that helped lead to Demirtaş’s jailing

Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party has demanded an apology from Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu after the court-reinstated leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) said...

Controversial LGBT, social media measures left out of AKP judicial bill

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has submitted a narrower version of its long-debated 12th judicial package to parliament, leaving out several controversial...

Turkey’s new earthquake map increases active faults from 485 to 700

Turkey’s state geology agency has updated the country’s active fault map for the first time in 13 years, increasing the number of mapped active...

Turkey detains 4 protesters after rally protesting French warship on NATO mission

Turkish police detained four people after they protested a French Navy frigate on a NATO mission in the resort town of Marmaris, as left-wing...

Germany says visa demand in Turkey exceeds capacity, urges Ankara to meet EU criteria

The German Foreign Ministry has acknowledged that demand for German visas in Turkey far exceeds available capacity, while saying a long-term solution depends on...

Ousted main opposition leader to seek court order for new vote if court-installed chairman stalls

Supporters of Özgür Özel, the ousted leader of Turkey’s main opposition party, said Monday they would ask a court to force an extraordinary party...

Erdoğan pushes new talks on reopening Halki Orthodox seminary: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ordered officials to resume talks on reopening the Halki Theological School, a historic Orthodox Christian seminary near İstanbul...

ISIL suspect claims group was in talks with Turkish gov’t during deadly 2015 Ankara bombing

An Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suspect who was recently captured in Syria and brought to Turkey has claimed in a...

Rights groups condemn Turkey’s closure of LGBT X accounts

Turkey's decision to block about 40 X accounts linked to feminist or LGBT groups constitutes "an extremely serious and disproportionate infringement of free speech,”...

Russian drone strike hits Turkish-owned cargo ship off Ukraine, killing crew member

A Russian drone struck a Turkish-owned cargo vessel en route to Ukraine, setting it on fire and killing one crew member, Ukrainian officials said...

Turkey bans alcohol names, logos and packaging images in shops, events and sponsored content

Turkey has enacted new restrictions prohibiting alcohol company and product names, logos, emblems and packaging images from being displayed inside or outside shops, bars...

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