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Drone attack in Iraq’s Kurdish region kills 3, says local official

A drone attack on a car in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region killed three people on Wednesday, a local official told Agence France-Presse. Turkey has...

Syria blast kills senior commander in Kurdish security forces: rights group

A human rights group said a senior commander from the security forces in northeast Syria's semi-autonomous, Kurdish-led administration was killed on Tuesday in a...

Journalist working for AFP in Syria released by pro-Turkey factions

Syrian journalist Bakr al-Kassem, who works with media outlets including AFP, has been released, a week after pro-Turkey factions detained him in rebel-held northern...

Erdoğan’s propaganda center’s staff tripled, expenditures surged 12-fold since 2018: report

The Presidential Communications Directorate, viewed by many as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s propaganda headquarters, has tripled its workforce while increasing its expenditures twelvefold...

Turkish court gives woman suspended sentence for criticizing Instagram ban

A Turkish court has handed down a suspended seven-and-a-half-month sentence to a woman for criticizing a government ban on Instagram. Dilruba Kayserilioğlu was initially detained...

Court arrests uncle of 8-year-old who went missing in southeastern Turkey

A Turkish court has arrested the uncle of Narin Güran, an 8-year-old girl who went missing in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır on August...

Turkey says launched fresh airstrikes on PKK in northern Iraq

Turkey said on Tuesday it had launched fresh airstrikes on what it said were Kurdish militants in the mountains of northern Iraq, Agence France-Presse...

Turkish Olympic shooter aims to trademark viral stance

Turkey's Olympic pistol sharpshooter Yusuf Dikeç has filed to trademark his nonchalant stance at the Paris Games that went viral around the world, his...

Turkey’s inflation slows to 52 percent in August: official data

Turkey's annual inflation rate slowed further in August to 52 percent after reaching 61.8 percent in July, official data showed on Tuesday, Agence France-Presse...

Turkey detains 15 over assault on US Marines during port visit

Turkish authorities have detained 15 members of a nationalist youth group following an assault on two US Marines during a port visit by the...

Erdoğan exploits international financial systems to silence dissent abroad: report

The Turkish government has intensified its transnational repression against dissidents, using financial systems to silence dissenters abroad, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing a...

Man briefly detained for attack targeting top court prosecutor

A man was briefly detained as part of an investigation into a recent physical attack targeting Supreme Court of Appeals Public Prosecutor Necip Cem...

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