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Iranians arrive in Turkey via border crossing amid crackdown: report

Dozens of Iranians crossed the border into Turkey on Wednesday, as authorities in Iran crack down on one of the biggest-ever waves of protest...

‘We can’t make ends meet’: Civil servants protest low pay in Ankara

Hundreds of angry civil servants marched through Ankara on Wednesday demanding a realistic pay raise as they battle poverty amid soaring prices and double-digit...

Jailed İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu to receive 2026 Paweł Adamowicz Award

Ekrem İmamoğlu, İstanbul’s jailed mayor and a leading opposition figure in Turkey, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Paweł Adamowicz Award for...

Turkey’s state broadcaster slammed over documentary targeting LGBTQ people

Turkey’s state broadcaster is facing criticism over a documentary that critics say targets lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people and frames them as...

Spain seizes nearly 10 tons of cocaine from ship allegedly owned by Turkey-based company

Spanish authorities have seized nearly 10 metric tons of cocaine from a cargo ship in the Atlantic Ocean that Turkish media have linked to...

Tech giants help Ankara censor online speech on a massive scale: report

Global tech companies are helping the Turkish government censor online speech and identify critics by complying with large numbers of takedown and data requests...

Purged Turkish officer found dead in Switzerland, suicide suspected

Yaşar Akkoyun, a former special forces officer who was expelled from the Turkish military by an emergency decree, was found dead in a lake...

Turkey blocks dozens of corruption and investigation reports on independent news site

Turkey’s telecommunications authority has blocked dozens of articles on corruption as well as politically sensitive reporting on the independent Kısa Dalga news website, the...

European rights court rules Turkey violated lecturer’s fair trial rights in ByLock case

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated a university lecturer’s right to a fair trial by upholding his 2016...

Fighting in Aleppo sends shock waves into Turkey’s fragile peace bid with Kurdish militants

A burst of fighting in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo is spilling across the border into Turkey’s politics, hardening rhetoric and raising new questions...

Turkey ranks 29th in Europe for homeownership as costs soar

Turkey's homeownership rate fell to 55.8 percent in 2024, placing the country 29th among 32 European nations surveyed by Eurostat, the European Union's statistical office. The...

Syrian army tells Kurdish forces to withdraw from area east of Aleppo city

Syria's army told Kurdish forces on Tuesday to withdraw from an area they control east of Aleppo after dislodging fighters from two neighborhoods in...

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