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Demirtaş denies claims he has softened stance toward Erdoğan, insists he will leave prison ‘with honor’

Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has denied claims made by former parliament speaker Bülent Arınç implying that he had softened his stance toward President...

Australia yields to Turkey in standoff over next climate summit

Australia has conceded defeat in a bruising diplomatic struggle over hosting rights to next year's UN climate summit, with Turkey prevailing despite holding a...

Shareholders of popular döner chain face 25 years in prison over alleged Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment seeking prison sentences of up to 25 years for nine people linked to Maydonoz Döner, a fast-food chain...

Turkey renames Central Asia ‘Turkistan’ in school curriculum

Turkey has replaced the term Central Asia with Turkistan in its national school curriculum. Education Minister Yusuf Tekin announced the change in Ankara and said...

Turkish parliament’s peace commission to discuss visit to jailed PKK leader

A Turkish parliamentary commission working on a legal framework for peace with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will meet Friday to decide whether...

[UPDATE] Russian strikes kill 20 as Zelensky visits Turkey for peace talks

Russia struck cities across Ukraine overnight, killing at least 20 people and casting doubt over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s attempt to revive stalled peace...

Erdoğan’s far-right ally vows to visit jailed PKK leader himself if lawmakers avoid trip

Devlet Bahçeli, the head of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said on Tuesday he...

Documentary exposes plight of children caught in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown

“The Other Children” (Öteki Çocuklar), a new documentary shining a light on the suffering of Turkish children whose parents were impacted by a government crackdown on...

Zelensky to visit Turkey on Wednesday to reinvigorate peace talks

President Volodymyr Zelensky will head to Turkey on Wednesday seeking to revive the United States' involvement in diplomatic efforts to end the Russian invasion,...

Israel opposes possible F-35 sale to Turkey out of security concerns

Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, said Israel would prefer the United States not proceed with any future transfer of F-35 fifth-generation...

Turkey expands probe into death of mother and 2 children in İstanbul as minister orders medical review

Turkey has expanded its investigation into the death of a woman and her two young children last week after suffering suspected poisoning in İstanbul,...

PKK militants say they have left key area in northern Iraq

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said on Monday that its forces had withdrawn from a key border area in northern Iraq, in a...

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