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Turkey detains 544 in major operation targeting Gülen followers

Turkey has escalated the mass detention of people over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, detaining 544 individuals across the country in a...

Turkey’s top appeals court elects new president after weeks-long delay

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has elected as president Ömer Kerkez, a candidate not favored by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in the 37th round...

Justice remains elusive a decade after Turkey’s worst mining disaster

Ten years have passed since Turkey’s worst mining disaster took the lives of hundreds, with people who lost relatives in the accident complaining about...

Investigation launched into Kurdish mayor on terror charges

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a mayor from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) in eastern Turkey on allegations...

Turkish diplomat in Lyon sparks controversy with Islamic gesture during visit to archbishop

Cemil Yıldırım, the Turkish consul general in the French city of Lyon, sparked criticism for making a controversial Islamic gesture during a visit to...

Turkey issued detention warrants for 87 people over alleged Gülen links in a week

Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 87 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Stockholm Center...

Turkey’s unemployment rate fell to 8.6 percent in March, near lowest in a decade: TurkStat

Turkey’s unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage point month-on-month to 8.6 percent in March, edging toward the lowest level in a decade, reached in October...

Top court overturns sentence of journalist convicted under ‘disinformation’ law

In a landmark decision, Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of a journalist who was the first in Turkey to be...

Turkey’s CHP files criminal complaints against minister, governor over May Day ban

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has filed criminal complaints against the country’s interior minister, İstanbul governor and other public officials due to...

Turkey allocates only 10 out of 20,000 teaching positions for Kurdish language

The Turkish Ministry of Education’s decision to allocate only 10 positions for Kurdish language teachers out of 20,000 new teaching positions has sparked significant...

New footage reveals Grey Wolves link to murder of nationalist figure

New footage obtained by the T24 news website has further strengthened suspicions about the involvement of the Grey Wolves, the youth wing of the...

Most Turks are dissatisfied with the level of democracy in their country: survey

Turkey is ranked 47th among 53 nations where people’s dissatisfaction with the level of democracy in their countries is the highest, according to the...

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