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Israeli carrier says Turkish workers refused to refuel plane at Antalya airport

Israel's national carrier El Al said Sunday its Warsaw to Tel Aviv flight was not allowed to refuel at Antalya airport after making an...

Pope hopes to visit Turkey for anniversary of Council of Nicea in 2025

Pope Francis has expressed a desire to visit Nicaea, the ancient name for the port city of İznik in northwestern Turkey, in 2025 to...

ECtHR faults Turkey for violating right to fair trial over denial of civil service jobs

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the fair trial rights of seven individuals who were denied civil service...

NGO report on Turkey’s prisons highlights widespread mistreatment, rights violations

Turkish prisons are beset by persistent issues of torture, overcrowding and discriminatory practices, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing the annual report of the...

US says offenses of mother of Turkish teen involved in fatal crash are ‘extraditable’

The extradition of Eylem Tok, the mother of a 17-year-old dual Turkish-US citizen accused of causing a fatal car accident in İstanbul and fleeing...

Turkish court arrests former general accused of human smuggling from Syria

A court in the southeastern Turkish province of Şanlıurfa has ruled for the arrest of a former general accused of using his official car...

US religious freedom commission recommends placing Turkey on special watch list for serious violations

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended that the State Department place Turkey on its special watch list based on the...

Patriarch’s name removed from list of signatories at Ukraine summit after Turkey protest

The organizers of a Ukraine summit held in Switzerland earlier this month removed the name of Patriarch Bartholomew from the list of signatories of...

Turkey edge into Euros last 16 with tense win over Czechs

Turkey reached the knockout phase at a major tournament for the first time in 16 years after a bad-tempered 2-1 win over a battling...

İstanbul mayor accuses gov’t of lacking transparency in number of refugees in Turkey

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has accused government officials of a lack of transparency concerning the number of refugees in the country, saying they aren't...

Former Turkish general accused of human smuggling from Syria detained in Ankara

A former Turkish general accused of using his official car to smuggle people from Syria into Turkey has been detained in Ankara, the Halk...

Turkey has ‘systematically failed to detect foreign bribery’: OECD report

A recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report published on June 20 raised significant concerns about Turkey's enforcement of laws penalizing foreign...

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