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Turkish foreign minister, US secretary of state discuss Syria, Ukraine in Munich

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday during the Munich Security Conference to discuss regional security...

US weighs F-35 sale to India despite S-400 purchase, while Turkey remains blocked

The United States has floated the sale of F-35 fighter jets to India, although both India and Turkey have acquired the Russian S-400 air...

European Parliament backs sanctions on Turkish officials over removal of opposition mayors

The European Parliament has passed a resolution condemning the dismissal and arrest of opposition mayors in Turkey, calling for sanctions on officials responsible for...

‘We want peace but have little hope’ say Turkey’s Kurds

Rolling his cigarette between sips of tea, Süleyman Ilcan is excited about a message from jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan that...

Turkish court arrests 10 opposition municipal officials on terrorism charges

An İstanbul court ruled for the arrest of 10 senior municipal officials from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Thursday following their...

Turkey seeks legislation to prevent exiled dissidents from claiming damages in its courts

Fatma Zibak Turkey’s Justice Ministry is seeking to amend a law that allows anyone with legal capacity to file a lawsuit in the country, either...

Turkish Jewish business leader faces assassination threats decades after father’s murder

Turkish Jewish business leader İzzet Garih has filed a criminal complaint after receiving death threats and facing an attempted break-in at his company’s headquarters,...

US Congress could ‘reconsider’ Turkey’s participation in the F-35 program: report

The US Congress may revisit Turkey’s exclusion from the F-35 fighter jet program, the pro-government Türkiye daily reported on Wednesday, citing a December report...

X blocked access to 126 accounts in Turkey: rights watchdog

Social media platform X blocked access to 126 accounts following the February 5 ruling of an Ankara judge that cited the need for “protection...

Nerves fray in Turkey’s textile sector as Syria refugees mull return

As excitement swept through the Syrian community after Bashar al-Assad's overthrow, businesses in Turkey that rely on them for labor began quickly crunching the...

İstanbul court acquits 3 Gezi Park defendants in retrial

An İstanbul court has acquitted three defendants in a retrial over their involvement in the 2013 anti-government Gezi Park protests after the country’s top...

Turkish gov’t intensifies crackdown on opposition party with new wave of detentions

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 10 senior officials from nine district municipalities in İstanbul, most of which are run by the main opposition Republican...

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