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France, Turkey have Europe’s most overcrowded jails: report

France and Turkey have the highest levels of prison overcrowding among Council of Europe member states, with 131 inmates for every 100 places, a...

Denmark moves to deport Turkish teacher despite risk of prosecution over Gülen links

Bünyamin Tekin A Danish asylum ruling has put 29-year-old Turkish mathematics teacher Tuğba Koç on the brink of forced return to Turkey after authorities accepted...

Pro-Erdoğan commentator arrested in illegal betting probe

Pro-government television commentator Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı, a longtime supporter and close confidant of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been arrested as part of...

Turkish police detain 57 in new operation targeting İstanbul Municipality

Turkish police detained 57 people on Monday in a new operation targeting an İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality subsidiary, the latest in a series of investigations...

Turkey condemns Israel’s interception of Gaza-bound aid flotilla as ‘act of piracy’

Turkey on Monday condemned Israel’s interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that sailed from southwestern Turkey last week, calling it a “new act of...

95 percent of İstanbul residents worried after school shootings: survey

More than 95 percent of İstanbul residents say they are worried about recent school attacks in Turkey, according to a survey by the İstanbul...

European rights court faults Turkey for pretrial detention of former Kurdish lawmaker

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of former Kurdish lawmaker Ayla Akat Ata by holding her...

Iran confirms squad will travel to Turkey for World Cup preparations

Iran's World Cup squad will travel to Turkey on Monday for a training camp, friendlies and to complete visa applications before heading to the...

Turkish Parliament rejects proposal on Kurdish language rights

Turkey’s parliament on Thursday rejected a proposal by the country’s pro-Kurdish party to investigate barriers to the public use of the Kurdish language, the...

Former deputy police chief warns of burnout, pressure in Turkish force amid rising suicides

Orhan Sait Berber Former Ankara deputy police chief İsmail Öztürk has warned that long working hours, pressure from superiors and weakened recruitment standards are fueling...

Environmentalists warn mines are draining Turkey’s water sources

Güney was once a water-rich village fed by 50 springs in Turkey's western Uşak province, but since a gold mine opened 20 years ago,...

Syrian Kurdish commander plans to visit Turkey, meet with jailed PKK leader

The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has said plans for a visit to Turkey are being discussed and that a trip...

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