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[UPDATE] Death toll rises to 17 as migrant boat sinks off Turkey’s Bodrum resort

Sixteen migrants and a people smuggler died when their inflatable dinghy capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish resort of Bodrum, the coastguard...

Turkey’s central bank cuts key rate by 100 basis points to 39.5 percent

The Turkish Central Bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 39.5 percent on Thursday, marking another step in its gradual...

UK backs £100 mln export credit support for Ciner Glass days after CEO’s arrest in Turkey probe

The United Kingdom’s export credit agency said on October 7 that it will support approximately £100.5 million in financing tied to Ciner Glass’s new...

Turkey among countries enabling Israel’s genocide in Gaza: UN report

Bünyamin Tekin A United Nations report has accused Turkey, along with several Western and regional powers, of enabling Israel’s genocide in Gaza through continued trade,...

US, Israel at odds over possible deployment of Turkish troops in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s firm rejection on Wednesday of any Turkish military involvement in Gaza stood in contrast to US Vice President JD...

[OPINION] Turkey’s digital authoritarianism: How Erdoğan perfected the art of invisible repression

Adem Yavuz Arslan* When Oxford scholar Steven Feldstein published "The Rise of Digital Repression" in 2021, his warning felt prescient. “Technology has become not a...

Turkey among countries practicing religious discrimination in global freedom report

Turkey is among dozens of countries accused of systematic religious discrimination in a new global report warning that nearly two-thirds of humanity lives under...

Turkey has expelled more than 200 Christian workers since 2020

Alliance Defending Freedom International (ADF International), a Christian advocacy group, has accused Turkey of misusing national security laws to expel more than 200 Christian workers...

2 teens sentenced to 24 years for murder of 15-year-old that sparked outcry in Turkey

A juvenile court in Turkey on Tuesday sentenced two teenagers to 24 years for the stabbing death of 15-year-old Turkish-Italian Mattia Ahmet Minguzzi at...

11 arrested in expanding investigation into Can Holding

A Turkish court on Monday ordered the arrest of 11 people, including the chairman of Can Holding and a former university rector as part...

Court adjourns trial of jailed İstanbul mayor in ‘fake diploma’ case

The trial of İstanbul's jailed mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on charges he faked his university degree was deferred to December 8 on Monday following a...

Jailed civil society leader Kavala says MPs ‘no longer allowed’ to visit him in prison

Turkish philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars for eight years on charges widely viewed as politically motivated, said that lawmakers...

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