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Turkey detained 99 minors over protests linked to Syria offensive: pro-Kurdish party

Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party said Thursday that police had detained at least 99 minors in January over protests tied to a Syrian government offensive...

Football club executives among 32 detained in Turkey’s expanding betting probe

Turkish authorities have detained 32 people, including football club executives, in a third wave of operations as part of a growing investigation into alleged...

Turkey detains 6 European activists after prison visit

Turkey has detained six European activists who traveled to the country to examine the prison conditions of political detainees and moved them toward deportation,...

Turkish journalist arrested over alleged insult of Erdoğan in social media posts

A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of journalist Alican Uludağ, a reporter for Deutsche Welle’s Turkish service, on charges of insulting President...

137 press freedom violations recorded in Turkey in 2025: report

Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) documented 137 press freedom violations in Turkey in 2025, the third highest among EU member states and candidate countries,...

Ankara says ‘no alternative’ to SDF integration into Syrian army

Turkey’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that there is “no other option” than the full integration of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into Syria’s...

Turkey fires up coal pollution even as it hosts COP31

Kaddafi Polat rarely mentions his own health after decades of breathing the polluted air blanketing his village beneath the towering chimneys of a coal‑fired...

Turkey’s strategic role in NATO grows as global order shifts, panel says

Orhan Sait Berber Turkey’s strategic importance within NATO is increasing as the post-Cold War security order weakens, speakers at a panel discussion this week in...

Turkey falls to 106th place in global women’s peace and security index

Turkey was ranked 106th out of 183 countries in the 2025/26 Global Women Peace and Security Index (WPS Index), down from 99th in the previous edition,...

Erdoğan slams secularism manifesto signed by 168 public figures

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized a manifesto titled “We Defend Secularism Together,” signed by 168 writers, artists, academics, journalists and professional association...

Turkey to pay producers up to $100,000 per TV series episode to boost global reach

Turkey will provide financial support of up to $100,000 per episode to production companies for television series broadcast abroad under a new scheme aimed...

Turkey’s intelligence agency details thwarted espionage in 2025 report

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) said in its 2025 annual report that it thwarted espionage activity and exposed agent networks run by foreign intelligence...

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