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Turkish ambassador to Israel assumes post as relations warm

Turkey's ambassador to Israel, Şakir Özkan Torunlar, presented his credentials to President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday, the latest move in rebuilding ties after years...

Turkey is supplying Ukraine with controversial cluster bombs: report

Turkey has been supplying Ukraine with US-designed, artillery-fired cluster bombs since November 2022, according to a report in Foreign Policy that cited current and...

Top court finds rights violation in blocking of Bank Asya customer’s funds

In a landmark decision, Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of an applicant who claimed she was blocked from withdrawing money from her...

Turkey’s top doctor convicted in chemical weapons trial

A Turkish court has convicted Şebnem Korur Fincancı, president of the Turkish Medical Association and prominent human rights activist, of disseminating “terrorist propaganda” in...

[OPINION] What could Russia have wanted in exchange for its electoral support for Erdoğan?

Ahmet Yılmaz* Russia has announced that it will postpone the payment of $20 billion owed by Turkish state-owned gas importer and distributor BOTAS until 2024....

Top prosecutor portrays pro-Kurdish party as ‘recruitment office’ for PKK

A top Turkish prosecutor who is seeking to close down the country’s second largest opposition party, the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has accused...

Turkish Grey Wolves’ violent tendencies endanger Germany’s internal security: BfV

The violent tendencies of Turkish nationalist group the Grey Wolves, or Ülkü Ocakları in Turkish, which considers violence as a “means to an end,”...

Gunman, 9 others convicted in murder trial of Turkish journalist

A Turkish court on Monday handed down prison sentences including aggravated life to 10 people who were tried in connection to the murder of...

At least 1,843 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in 2022: İSİG report

A yearly report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG) reveals that at least 1,843 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in 2022,...

Former officer fatally shot by police while trying to flee persecution in Turkey

Sedat Türkmen, a former police officer who was fired by an emergency decree as part of Turkey’s post-coup purge of state institutions, died of...

Top court finds rights violation in terror conviction of association member

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the conviction of a man on terrorism charges over the alleged links of an association he's a member...

[ANALYSIS] How did the Erdoğan government abuse the Seville Map?

Fatih Yurtsever* In recent years the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has used foreign policy to manipulate and shape public opinion in the...

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