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92 detained in İstanbul ahead of May Day demonstrations

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has announced that police detained 92 people across İstanbul on Tuesday in a preemptive operation ahead of May...

Erdoğan says 4 million migrants reside in Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that Turkey is currently home to 4.03 million migrants, including 2.76 million Syrians under temporary protection status, the...

Turkey rises to 17th place in global military spending: SIPRI report

Turkey climbed to 17th place among the world's biggest military spenders in 2024, up from 19th place a year earlier, according to the latest...

PKK says it is waiting for Öcalan’s freedom before convening congress to lay down arms

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said it is waiting for steps to allow its jailed leader, Abdullah Öcalan, to "live and work freely"...

Kurdish delegation from Turkey joins Syria conference on country’s future

A delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) participated in a Kurdish conference in northeastern Syria on Saturday, as Syrian...

İstanbul city officials among 47 detained in new crackdown after Erdoğan rival’s arrest

Turkish authorities detained 47 people on Saturday, including senior officials from İstanbul’s opposition-run municipality as well as the brother-in-law of the city's recently suspended...

Turkey joins NATO’s top spenders but sees drop in alliance-wide share

Turkey has met NATO's key defense spending targets for the first time, but its share of the alliance’s total defense expenditure has declined as...

Germany says decision on Eurofighter jet sale to Turkey is pending: report

A German government spokesman told Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency on Thursday that no decision has yet been made on whether to approve the...

Trump avoids ‘Armenian genocide’ label after Biden recognition

US President Donald Trump on Thursday avoided describing the Ottoman Empire’s World War I-era mass killings of Armenians as "genocide," a reversal from his...

İstanbulites slept outdoors after powerful quake, fearing it was a foreshock

Thousands of İstanbul residents spent the night outdoors in parks, mosques and public shelters after a powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of...

US Treasury secretary urges Şimşek to curb Turkish financial system abuse by Russians, terrorist groups

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek to take stronger action against the abuse of Turkey’s financial system by US-designated...

Child poverty in Turkey among highest in Europe

Nearly one in three children in Turkey lives in poverty, according to data released by the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV), putting...

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