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Schengen countries respond to claims bots feed Turkey’s visa appointment black market

Germany has said its new waiting-list system prevents companies from reserving visa appointments in bulk, while four other countries in Europe’s Schengen passport-free travel...

World Bank approves €191.5 million loan for green infrastructure in Turkish cities

The World Bank Group has approved a €191.5 million ($219.4 million) loan to modernize public transport, water and sanitation infrastructure in the Turkish cities...

Turkey detains 361 over alleged ISIL links in nationwide operations

Turkish police have detained 361 people in operations targeting suspected members and financiers of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) across...

District mayor among 42 arrested over corruption probe in ongoing crackdown on main opposition

A court in western Turkey has arrested the mayor of a district governed by the country’s main opposition party along with 41 other suspects...

Fenerbahçe to elect new president as Yıldırım and Safi promise title, major spending

Turkish football club Fenerbahçe will elect a president on Sunday in its third leadership vote in three years, with former chairman Aziz Yıldırım facing...

Honorary chair of Turkey’s largest conglomerate investigated over joke targeting Kurdish women

Turkish prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the honorary chairman of the country’s largest business group after video showed him telling a joke...

Turkish journalists’ group urges UN action over algorithmic suppression of news content

A Turkish journalists’ organization has urged the United Nations to examine the impact of social media algorithms on press freedom, arguing that content moderation...

‘No hope’: Indian crew stranded off İstanbul for months

Four Indian sailors have been stranded for months on an abandoned container ship off İstanbul, unable to leave because maritime rules require the vessel...

Mayor quits main opposition party amid reports of his talks to join the ruling party

Kilis Mayor Hakan Bilecen, elected from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has resigned from the party, saying promises made to him were...

Court releases all defendants jailed over alleged sexual abuse of interns in Turkish Parliament

A court in Ankara on Thursday ordered the release of four jailed defendants standing trial over allegations that high school interns were sexually abused...

Turkish police detain 86 in match-fixing, illegal betting operation

Turkish police have detained 86 suspects in simultaneous operations across 24 provinces as part of an İstanbul-based investigation into alleged match-fixing, illegal betting and...

Turkish court gives three men life sentences over 2013 Reyhanlı bombings

A Turkish court on Friday sentenced three men to 53 aggravated life and 3,921 years in prison each on various charges over the 2013...

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