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Russia says Turkey not upholding agreements on Syria: report

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Turkey was not upholding agreements it made with Moscow to “neutralize” militants in the Syrian province of Idlib and that...

Turkish authorities impose advertising ban on Evrensel daily over critical reporting

Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating publicly funded advertisements in the media, has imposed a 10-day advertising ban on the leftist Evrensel...

[UPDATE] Rights activist briefly detained by Turkish police following fundraising for cancer patient

Natali Avazyan, a Turkish-Armenian human rights activist, tweeted on Tuesday that she was being taken into police custody, adding that the police had raided her brother’s...

Turkish court rules keep ousted Diyarbakır mayor in pre-trial detention

A Turkish court on Monday ruled to continue the pre-trial detention of Selçuk Mızraklı, the former mayor of the predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakır, who is standing...

Ankara, Turkish Cypriot leader spar over future of Cyprus

Mustafa Akıncı, president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC), has been involved in a war of words with Ankara officials since an interview with...

Syrian gov’t forces attack Turkish observation post, kill 5 soldiers: report

Syrian government forces killed five Turkish soldiers and wounded five more on Monday in an attack on a Turkish military post in the Taftanaz area of...

Attention focuses on cause of Pegasus Airlines crash in İstanbul

Severe weather, pilot error, pressure by the airline to cut safety corners and poor runway condition and government refusal to replace it are all...

Man abducted by Turkish intel exposes torture during 9-month enforced disappearance

Gökhan Türkmen, who was allegedly abducted by Turkish intelligence officers and kept in a non-official detention center for 271 days, has said he was tortured, subjected...

Turkish man dies after setting himself on fire due to financial problems

Adem Yarıcı, a father of two, set himself on fire in front of the governor’s office of Turkey’s Hatay province, shouting, “My kids are hungry,” and...

Turkey expects Russia to stop Syrian gov’t attacks on Idlib: minister

Turkey expects Russia to stop the Syrian government’s attacks in the northwestern region of Idlib immediately, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Thursday, adding that Ankara...

[UPDATE] Death toll in Turkey’s avalanche disaster rises to 41, search efforts continue

Search efforts have resumed in eastern Turkey, following two avalanches that killed dozens and left at least two people missing, The Associated Press reported,...

[UPDATE] 3 dead, more than 170 injured as passenger plane skids off runway in İstanbul

A passenger plane landing at an airport in Istanbul skidded off the runway and broke into three parts, killing three people and injuring more...

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