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Erdoğan says ‘did not leave anything to chance’ in defense of mass detentions before NATO summit

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday defended the security campaign that detained at least 548 people and jailed 197 before last week’s NATO...

Turkish court seeks INTERPOL Red Notice for Netanyahu over Sumud flotilla interception

An İstanbul court has ordered an application for an INTERPOL Red Notice for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in connection with Israel’s interception of...

Turkish bill seeks life sentences for minors as young as 15

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has submitted legislation that would allow judges to sentence minors ages 15 to 17 to life or...

Turkish comedian gets suspended sentence over sexually explicit joke about Ottoman sultan

An İstanbul court on Tuesday handed down a suspended five-month sentence to stand-up comedian Tuba Ulu over a sexually explicit joke about Ottoman Sultan...

Failed 2016 coup accelerated Turkey’s slide into autocracy, analysts say

Although it lasted barely 24 hours, the attempted coup of July 15, 2016, and its aftermath became a turning point for Turkey, sparking changes...

How Turkey’s failed 2016 coup transformed Erdoğan’s rule

On July 15, 2016, rogue Turkish troops simultaneously moved into İstanbul and the capital of Ankara in a bid to overthrow President Recep Tayyip...

Wrong place, wrong time: Turkish cadet serving life over failed coup

On July 15, 2016, officer cadet Alper Kalın was about to leave his base in Ankara for a friend’s wedding when he was told...

Air force cadets recount torture, life sentences in new documentary on Turkey’s 2016 coup attempt

Six former Turkish Air Force Academy cadets who were sent to İstanbul under military orders during the July 2016 coup attempt recount in a new...

More than 720,000 investigated, 127,000 convicted over alleged Gülen links since 2016 coup attempt

In excess of 720,000 people have been investigated and more than 127,000 have been convicted in Turkey over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...

French court rejects Turkey’s bid to annul $1.47 billion Iraq oil award

A French court has rejected Turkey’s attempt to partially annul an international arbitration award arising from Ankara’s handling of Iraqi Kurdish oil exports, prompting...

150 women killed by men in Turkey in first half of 2026: report

At least 150 women were killed by men in Turkey in the first six months of 2026, most of them in their homes and...

Turkey detains 25 over 2009 helicopter crash that killed nationalist politician

Turkish police have detained 25 people in a renewed investigation into a 2009 helicopter crash that killed nationalist politician Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu and five others,...

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