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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...

Swedish journalist freed in Turkey after arrest on ‘terrorism’ charges

A Swedish journalist arrested in Turkey on terrorism charges as well as insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been released, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson...

Turkey evacuates 82 nationals from Libya amid deadly clashes

Turkey has evacuated 82 of its citizens from Libya following days of deadly fighting between rival armed groups in the capital of Tripoli, the...

Russia, Ukraine agree to prisoner swap, fail to reach truce in first talks since 2022

Russia and Ukraine agreed to a large-scale prisoner exchange, said they would trade ideas on a possible ceasefire and discussed a potential meeting between...

[ANALYSIS] Erdoğan’s paradox: the mediator abroad, the strongman at home

Fatih Yurtsever* In the spring of 2025 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reasserted his role on the global stage as a mediator in international conflicts,...

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