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20 detained in probe targeting opposition-run district municipality in İstanbul

Twenty people including municipal officials and contractors have been detained as part of a corruption investigation targeting İstanbul’s Üsküdar Municipality, run by the main...

Turkey detains 9 in expanding drug probe targeting celebrities

Nine people, including prominent figures from the entertainment industry, have been detained in a drug investigation, a prosecutor’s office in İstanbul said on Tuesday. Among...

Gunman killed, 2 wounded in shootout outside Israel’s İstanbul consulate

A gunman was killed and two others wounded in a shootout Tuesday with police outside the Israeli Consulate General in İstanbul, Turkish officials said,...

İstanbul’s jailed mayor faces fresh investigation

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday launched their latest investigation into İstanbul's jailed opposition Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a prominent rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on...

Turkey detains 42 over Ramadan aid to families linked to Gülen movement

Turkish police on Thursday detained 42 people, most of them women, on accusations of providing financial assistance during Ramadan to families of individuals jailed or...

State censorship of Kurdish culture persists despite talk of reconciliation

Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry has appealed a court ruling that lifted a ban on the Kurdish film “Rojbash,” in a move that critics...

Turkey’s extradition requests to Finland tied to ‘witch hunt’ targeting Gülen members, experts say

Turkey’s growing number of extradition requests to Finland is part of a “witch hunt” targeting alleged members of the faith-based Gülen movement and government...

Another Turkish-owned ship transits Strait of Hormuz, minister says

A Turkish-owned vessel has safely passed through the Strait of Hormuz, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdülkadir Uraloğlu said on Monday. Iran closed the Strait of...

Former top court president, ex-AKP minister slam judiciary, presidential system as a ‘disaster’

Former Constitutional Court president Haşim Kılıç and Hüseyin Çelik, a founding member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and a former education...

40 pct of Turks say they perform daily Muslim prayers regularly: survey

A new survey on religion in Turkey found that belief in God remains widespread, but daily Muslim prayers are practiced by a smaller share...

Turkey’s defense at European court echoes Stalin-era conspiracy theory, Kavala says

Imprisoned Turkish businessman and civil society figure Osman Kavala said a Turkish government lawyer's arguments at a recent European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...

Mayor of Turkey’s fourth-largest city arrested in continuing crackdown on main opposition

A court on Saturday arrested the mayor of Bursa, Turkey’s fourth-largest city, days after he was detained with dozens of others in a corruption...

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