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Turkish prosecutors seek long jail terms for opposition mayors

İstanbul prosecutors demand lengthy prison sentences for seven mayors from the country's main opposition party who are to go on trial accused of being...

Turkish authorities detain 62 over alleged Gülen links in latest crackdown

Turkish authorities have detained 62 people across the country over the past two weeks as part of a continuing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen...

Israel lets relatives of slain Hamas leader leave Gaza after Turkish request: report

Israel allowed at least 66 Palestinians and Turkish citizens to leave the Gaza Strip earlier this month at Ankara’s request, including 16 relatives of...

Turkish defense executive freed after US dropped NATO-linked bribery case: report

The US Justice Department on July 9 asked a federal court to dismiss a NATO-linked bribery case that had initially prompted the arrest of...

Bahçeli urges Turkish Cyprus to reject election result, calls for annexation to Turkey

Turkey’s far-right leader Devlet Bahçeli has reacted angrily to the election result in the Turkish-controlled north of Cyprus, where opposition leader Tufan Erhürman won...

Turkey’s broadcast regulator to act against YouTube street interviews ‘driving pessimism’

Ebubekir Şahin, chairman of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), said on Saturday that Turkey's broadcast regulator will move against YouTube “street interview”...

Former Turkish Central Bank deputy governor arrested for fraud at state-backed payment body

Former Turkish Central Bank Deputy Governor Emrah Şener has been arrested as part of a corruption and tender-rigging investigation into the Interbank Card Center...

Turkish court sentences social media influencer to prison over X posts

A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced social media influencer Bekir Aslan to prison for social media posts allegedly “disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist...

Turkey seeks to seize crypto wallets, freeze accounts in new judicial reform

A new reform package expected to be submitted to the Turkish Parliament in the coming weeks will give prosecutors the authority to seize crypto...

Turkey plans to send weapons to Syria, seek broader deal on Kurdish groups: report

Turkey is preparing to deliver military equipment to Syria as part of a prospective security arrangement that would expand Ankara’s authority to target Kurdish...

Öcalan urges Turkey to implement ‘right to hope,’ calling it vital for thousands of inmates

Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has called on the Turkish government to adopt the “right to hope,” a...

Turkey’s ruling AKP pushes ahead with bill to allow construction of hotels in national parks

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has advanced a controversial bill that would allow the construction of hotels and tourism facilities inside national...

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