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US ambassador’s remarks grouping Turkey, Syria and Iraq together prompt backlash

US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack drew criticism from Turkish opposition figures and former officials after saying Washington needed a single point of contact...

Turkey once again ranked among 10 worst countries for working people: ITUC

Turkey remained among the world’s 10 worst countries for workers’ rights, according to the 2026 Global Rights Index published by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC),...

Turkish minister confirms visa broker complaints after censoring of report on ex-FM-linked VFS network

Turkey’s trade minister said authorities received 153 complaints about visa intermediaries and are reviewing seven companies accused of reselling Schengen visa appointments, days after...

Turkish court orders block on pro-opposition newspaper’s X account

A Turkish court has ordered an access block on the X account of Cumhuriyet, one of Turkey’s most prominent newspapers, according to the Freedom...

Secret Turkish police document shows monitoring of Gülen-linked activities in the Netherlands: report

A confidential Turkish police document cited in a new legal report shows that Turkish authorities monitored activities linked to the faith-based Gülen movement in...

Turkey’s state railway operator posts record 35.5 bln lira loss

Turkey’s state railway operator posted a net loss of 35.53 billion lira ($774 million) in 2025, more than five times its 2022 loss in...

Veteran Turkish TV journalist dies at 66

Veteran Turkish television journalist and news anchor Reha Muhtar died early Wednesday at a hospital in Bodrum, where he had been receiving treatment for...

Erdoğan adviser slams Kanye West’s İstanbul concert, says it put youth under ‘cultural siege’

A senior adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed that a Kanye West concert in İstanbul on Saturday put young people under...

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission to hold hearing on Turkey’s democracy, rights record

The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bipartisan human rights commission in the US House of Representatives, will hold a hearing Wednesday on Turkey’s...

Pro-Kurdish party leader says intervention in Turkey’s main opposition threatens all politics

Tuncer Bakırhan, co-chair of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party, said Tuesday that a court ruling targeting the...

Turkish authorities detain 70 in ISIL operations across 21 provinces

Turkish authorities have detained 70 people in operations targeting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) across 21 provinces, the Interior Ministry...

Bahçeli urges top court to rule quickly on CHP leadership crisis

Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Tuesday urged Turkey’s top appeals court to rule quickly on a legal challenge...

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