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Turkey eliminated from World Cup after 1-0 loss to 10-man Paraguay

Turkey was eliminated from the World Cup after a 1-0 loss to 10-man Paraguay on Friday, while the victory kept Paraguay’s hopes of reaching...

Turkish Parliament receives requests to lift immunity of 12 lawmakers, including opposition leader

Turkey’s parliament has received requests seeking to lift the legislative immunity of 12 lawmakers, including Özgür Özel, leader of the country’s main opposition Republican...

Turkey bars outdoor World Cup screenings ahead of university entrance exam

Turkey has barred outdoor giant-screen broadcasts of the national football team’s World Cup match against Paraguay to limit noise and traffic before a university...

Turkey shelters foreign journalists while driving its own reporters into exile: RSF

Turkey has become both a refuge for journalists fleeing conflicts in the region and a source of media exile as the government of President...

Turkey repaints residential buildings free of charge along Ankara airport route before NATO summit

Municipal crews have repainted buildings along the route expected to be used by NATO delegations ahead of the alliance's July 7-8 summit in Ankara,...

Turkey blocks access to global petition platform Change.org

Turkey has blocked access to Change.org, a global online petition platform widely used for digital signature campaigns on social, political and rights-related issues, according...

Turkey weighs reopening Halki seminary as university: report

The Turkish government is considering reopening the historic Halki Theological School as a university institution, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, in a move that could...

Ankara to raise ship transit fees through Turkish Straits by 15 pct

Turkey will raise the fees charged to commercial ships making nonstop passages through the Bosporus and Dardanelles without calling at a Turkish port by...

Opposition municipal executive found bound and severely beaten after abduction

An executive at a company owned by the opposition-run İstanbul municipality was found with his hands and feet bound in an unused building on...

PKK withdraws from 72 positions in northern Iraq amid Turkey peace process: report

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has withdrawn from 72 positions in northern Iraq as part of Turkey’s ongoing peace process with the group,...

Fresh detentions target Turkey’s opposition-run municipalities

The Turkish government is tightening its grip on the opposition, with new detentions on Friday targeting elected officials from the main opposition Republican People's...

Turkey, 7 Muslim-majority countries blame Israel for West Bank mosque arson attacks

Turkey and seven other Muslim-majority countries on Thursday held Israel responsible for arson attacks on two mosques in the occupied West Bank, amid a...

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