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Turkey urges probe into Israeli ‘warning shots’ during diplomats’ visit to West Bank: ministry

Turkey on Wednesday demanded an immediate investigation over what the Israeli military said were warning shots fired during a visit by foreign diplomats to...

Turkey’s Gülen crackdown persists nine years after coup, Australian gov’t says

Turkish authorities continue to detain, arrest, torture and blacklist people accused of ties to the Gülen movement, often without credible evidence, due process or...

Zorlu Holding to cut jobs, sell assets in $4.9 billion debt restructuring

Zorlu Holding, one of Turkey’s largest business groups, has launched a major restructuring plan that includes selling assets and cutting jobs as it works...

Exiled Turkish crime boss rejects return amid speculation of far-right support

Sedat Peker, a Turkish organized crime boss who made headlines in 2021 for his explosive allegations targeting senior government officials’ involvement in crime and...

3 Italian companies to build $2.1 billion Ankara-İzmir high-speed rail line

Three Italian companies have secured a €2 billion ($2.1 billion) contract to build a high-speed railway line connecting Turkey’s capital of Ankara with its...

CPJ urges Turkey to safeguard journalist after death threats tied to court bribery story

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday called on Turkish authorities to protect a reporter and his family after they received death threats...

22 more İstanbul municipal officials face detention in expanding corruption probe

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 22 people as part of an expanding corruption investigation into the opposition-run İstanbul Municipality, whose mayor has...

PKK urges Turkey to ease leader’s prison conditions for any peace talks

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has said Turkey should ease prison conditions for its founder, Abdullah Öcalan, declaring him the group's "chief negotiator"...

Israeli-Turkish singer cancels concert over pro-Palestinian protests, asks for protection

Israeli-Turkish singer Linet Manashe canceled her concert in İstanbul over the weekend after pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the event venue, demanding that the performance...

AKP co-founder says İmamoğlu, others arrested on ‘vague’ charges should be tried without detention

Bülent Arınç, a former speaker of the Turkish Parliament, deputy prime minister and a founding member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),...

Erdoğan eyes sweeping authority over army dismissals, promotions in proposed law

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is seeking sweeping new powers over the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) through legislation that would grant him unilateral authority...

Erdoğan says easing of US defense sanctions under Trump signals end of CAATSA restrictions

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Saturday that US sanctions targeting Turkey’s defense sector are softening under President Donald Trump and that steps toward...

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