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İzmir city workers end weeklong strike after deal with municipality over wage increases

A weeklong strike by municipal workers in Turkey’s third-largest city ended Wednesday after union leaders accepted a wage offer from the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality,...

Parliament passes penal code amendments, critics say root causes of injustice untouched

Turkey’s parliament passed penal code amendments on Wednesday expanding house arrest and increasing some sentences, attracting criticism for ignoring deeper injustices. The law, officially titled...

Turkey’s religious authority granted power to censor, destroy ‘improper’ Quran translations

Turkey’s top religious authority, the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), has been granted sweeping new powers to oversee religious content and censor Quran translations...

Ex-MP, 5 mayors among 22 arrested in corruption probe targeting Turkish opposition

A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of 22 people, including five district mayors from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and a...

[OPINION] The cost of looking away: How the CHP and the secular elite empowered Erdoğan’s autocracy

Abdülhamit Bilici* After the 2013 corruption probes shook the foundations of Turkey’s ruling party, the government of then-prime minister and current president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Turkish aviation targeted in India amid boycott over Ankara’s support for Pakistan

India’s civil aviation regulator has approved only a three-month extension for an aircraft leasing agreement between Turkish Airlines (THY) and India’s largest airline, IndiGo,...

İstanbul city staff perp walked in front of media sparks condemnation

Footage showing opposition mayors and İstanbul city officials being led single file in handcuffs by police has attracted backlash from the main opposition party...

5.8 magnitude quake jolts Turkey’s southwestern resorts

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Marmaris area of southwestern Turkey early on Tuesday, killing one teenager and injuring dozens of people, the interior...

Most Turks see legal cases against jailed İstanbul mayor as politically motivated: poll

A majority of Turkish citizens believe that the investigations targeting İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has been in pretrial detention since March 23, are...

İstanbul’s suitcase trade stalls as African merchants face crackdown

Porters roam the narrow streets of Laleli in central İstanbul carrying parcels ready for shipment to customers all over the world. The maze of alleys...

Russia, Ukraine swap peace roadmaps at İstanbul talks

Russia and Ukraine on Monday swapped plans for ending their three-year war during talks in İstanbul aiming to find a way out of Europe's...

Report clears pro-gov’t businessmen in Turkey earthquake deaths case, sparking backlash

A new expert report has cleared two prominent businessmen with ties to Turkey’s ruling party of responsibility in the collapse of a building that...

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