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New investigation targets jailed İstanbul mayor, TV executive on allegations of espionage

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and his campaign director, both of whom are in pretrial detention as part of another investigation, have also been implicated...

Turkish YouTubers freed after conviction for joke about the Prophet Muhammad

An İstanbul court on Friday sentenced a YouTube host and his guest to seven months in prison but ordered their release due to time...

Erdoğan deviates from far-right ally on northern Cyprus election, invites new pro-EU leader to Ankara

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has invited Tufan Erhürman, the newly elected president of Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus, to Ankara, signaling a willingness to engage...

Baby weighing record 6.15 kilograms born in Turkey’s Bursa province

A baby weighing 6.15 kilograms (13.6 pounds) and measuring 59 centimeters (23 inches) was born by cesarean section in the western Turkish city of...

Turkey’s economic crisis leaves youths jobless and disillusioned

More than half of Turkey’s young people are not working, a new study shows, revealing widespread hopelessness and low life satisfaction among a generation...

822 children under the age of 6 live in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons: report

A recent report by the Civil Society in the Penal System (CISST) has revealed a growing number of children living behind bars with their...

Turkish authorities arrest dozens in operation against notorious İstanbul gang

An İstanbul court on Thursday arrested 94 people after they were detained in an operation targeting an İstanbul-based gang named Daltonlar (Daltons), a loosely...

Veteran Kurdish politician acquitted of terrorism charges that led to his removal as mayor

Prominent Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk, a former co-mayor of Mardin in southeastern Turkey from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), has been...

Turkey to grant financial crimes unit the power to freeze bank accounts instantly

The Turkish Parliament is preparing to give the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) the power to immediately freeze bank accounts linked to suspicious transactions,...

Turkish man aiding Syrian refugees through Ankara charity shop arrested on sexual assault charges

A Turkish man known for helping refugees through a charity shop in Ankara has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting several Syrian women...

Moody’s warns political tensions could jeopardize Turkey’s economic progress: report

Moody’s Ratings has cautioned that growing political tensions in Turkey could undermine the economic stability achieved since the government’s return to orthodox monetary policies...

Kurdish politician Demirtaş voices full support for peace process despite continued incarceration

Prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has expressed full support for an ongoing peace process aimed at resolving the decades-long armed conflict between the outlawed...

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