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Turkish government seeks to lift immunity of five lawmakers

The Turkish government has submitted a motion to Parliament seeking the removal of legislative immunity for five lawmakers, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported,...

400 billion lira in black money linked to illegal gambling in İstanbul: report

Illegal gambling in İstanbul generates an estimated 400 billion lira ($11.6 billion) in black money every year, the T24 news website reported on Friday,...

Finance Minister Şimşek held responsible for economic decline in parliamentary protest

Turkey’s finance minister was met with a protest in Parliament on Thursday from opposition party lawmakers who hold him responsible for economic deterioration in...

Local journalist in eastern Turkey gravely injured in gun attack by boyfriend

In a troubling incident in the eastern Turkish province of Elazığ, a local journalist has been critically injured as a result of a gun...

Turkish man suspected of supplying small boats to human smugglers arrested: report

A Turkish national suspected of being a significant supplier of small boats and equipment to human smugglers has been arrested in Amsterdam following a...

Turkey’s chief justice links noncompliance with ECtHR rulings to refugee crisis, terrorism fight

The president of Turkey’s Constitutional Court attributed the country’s failure to implement judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to its refugee...

Erdoğan pushes ‘Zero Waste Initiative’ at COP29, yet struggles to manage recycling of plastic waste imports

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan highlighted the significance of Turkey's "Zero Waste" initiative at a recent climate summit in Azerbaijan, yet the country leads...

Report criticizes Turkey’s use of anti-terrorism laws against minor girls

A recent report issued by the Italian Federation for Human Rights (FIDU) raised concerns about the treatment of minors in Turkey in an ongoing...

Erdoğan, Qatari emir sign agreements in Ankara on trade, military cooperation

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, signed eight agreements in Ankara on Thursday aiming...

Turkish sergeant stationed in Bosnia dismissed for sexual grooming: defense ministry

A Turkish sergeant stationed in Bosnia and Herzegovina was dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces after being captured on video by anti-pedophilia vigilantes while...

Police seize 4.8 tons of drugs, detain 1,780 across Turkey in 2 weeks

Turkish police have seized 4.8 tons of drugs and detained 1,780 people across the country in the last two weeks in narcotics operations, Interior...

Pro-Kurdish party officials hold protest in Ankara against removal of mayors as 5 more arrested

Officials from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) condemned the appointment of trustees to opposition-held municipalities as a “coup” by the...

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