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Turkey’s broadly defined unemployment rose to 29.7 percent in 2025: TurkStat

Turkey’s broadly defined unemployment rate rose to 29.7 percent in 2025, up 3 percentage points from a year earlier, according to official figures released...

Former football club presidents among 14 detained in expanding İstanbul drug probe

Former Beşiktaş chairman Fikret Orman and former Galatasaray chairman Burak Elmas are among 14 people detained in an expanding drug investigation in İstanbul, prosecutors...

Trial begins in deadly factory fire case in Turkey as families demand full accountability

Families of workers killed in a factory fire in northwestern Turkey last year called for the prosecution of all those responsible, including public officials,...

Aide of far-right leader calls on justice minister to answer allegations of unexplained wealth

An adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s far-right ally, Devlet Bahçeli, has publicly called on Justice Minister Akın Gürlek to hold a detailed...

One in 7 Turkish children faces peer bullying, parliamentary report says

One in seven children ages 6 to 17 in Turkey is subjected to peer bullying, the Karar daily reported on Tuesday, citing a parliamentary...

Rights groups tell top European court Kavala case reflects political capture of Turkey’s judiciary

Three rights groups told the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ahead of a Wednesday hearing that imprisoned Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala’s case shows...

Turkey detains 170 people over Kurdish Nevruz celebrations

Turkish police detained 170 people in raids linked to Nevruz celebrations over the past week as part of Ankara’s continued crackdown on Kurdish political...

Iranian gas flow to Turkey halted after South Pars strike: report

Iran has suspended natural gas exports to Turkey following an Israeli strike on the South Pars gas field last week, Bloomberg reported, citing people...

Indictment seeks murder charges in killing of Turkish environmental journalist

Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment seeking aggravated life sentences for two suspects in the killing of environmental journalist Hakan Tosun, who died after...

Court drops cases against officials in Turkey’s deadliest mining disaster due to statute of limitations

An appeals court in Turkey has ruled that cases against public officials over the country’s deadliest mining disaster in 2014 must be dropped due...

Turkey has investigated at least 70 journalists under controversial ‘disinformation law’ since 2022

Turkish authorities have investigated at least 70 journalists under a controversial “disinformation law” since 2022, among whom 15 were detained, four were arrested and...

Nearly 900 children under 6 live in Turkish prisons as overcrowding exceeds 108,000 inmates

A recent report by the Civil Society in the Penal System (CİSST) has revealed a growing number of children living behind bars with their mothers,...

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