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Former national volleyball player put under house arrest in İstanbul Municipality probe

A former Turkish national volleyball player has been put under house arrest and prohibited from traveling abroad as part of an ongoing investigation into...

Turkey’s broadcast regulator fines 2 TV stations, orders Disney+ and Spotify to remove content

Turkey’s broadcast regulator has fined two national television stations and ordered global streaming platforms Disney+ and Spotify to remove content from their catalogs, citing...

Turkish woman jailed over Gülen links describes repeated sexual abuse in custody

A woman who was jailed in Turkey over alleged ties to the faith-based Gülen movement claims she was subjected to repeated strip-searches and sexual...

İmamoğlu tells court diploma annulment aimed at blocking his presidential bid

Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has told a court that prosecutors pressured İstanbul University into annulling his university diploma last year, decades after it...

Former Turkish national football player among 18 detained in expanding drug probe

Turkish prosecutors on Wednesday detained 18 people, including former national football player Ümit Karan, as part of an ongoing drug investigation led by the...

Turkish court orders release pending trial of lawyer in high-profile cases

A Turkish court has ordered the release of Rezan Epözdemir, a Turkish lawyer known for representing clients in several high-profile murder and fraud cases,...

Turkey seizes 298 kilograms of cocaine at Mersin Port: interior minister

Turkey’s interior minister, Ali Yerlikaya, has announced the seizure of 298 kilograms of cocaine during an operation at the Port of Mersin in southern...

15 more detained in Antalya bribery probe amid crackdown on main opposition

Turkish police detained at least 15 employees of the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality on Wednesday as part of an expanding corruption investigation that has already...

Former human rights association co-chair murdered in western Turkey

Lawyer Ali Aydın, a former co-chair of the Human Rights Association’s (İHD) İzmir branch, was killed by a blow to the head with a...

İstanbul prosecutor arrested over judge shooting

A Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of a public prosecutor on charges of attempted murder over the shooting of a female judge...

Education ministry official among detainees in latest sweep over alleged Gülen links

An education ministry district director in İstanbul is among 81 people detained in raids across 16 provinces in the latest wave of a years-long...

Turkey trying to offset $1.47 bln arbitration penalty in US court: opposition MP

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is seeking to offset a $1.47 billion international arbitration penalty in a US enforcement case by counting...

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