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Armenia PM arrives in Turkey for ‘historic’ visit

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan arrived in İstanbul on Friday for a rare visit to Turkey, a country with which Armenia has no diplomatic...

Turkey saw record high in suicides in 2024 amid ongoing economic turmoil

Suicides in Turkey reached a record high in 2024 amid widespread financial hardship and social pressures that have worsened in recent years, the Stockholm...

‘Like the sky was torn open’: At Turkey border, Iranians recall terror in Tehran

"The first two days were okay, people said it would just end. But then it started escalating, and people really started panicking," said Mehran...

Police violence during protests over İstanbul mayor’s arrest ‘may amount to torture’: Amnesty

Amnesty International has urged Turkish authorities to investigate alleged human rights violations by police during mass protests in March, some of which “may amount to...

UBS report shows millionaire numbers rise in Turkey despite real wealth shrinking

A new report by Swiss bank UBS reveals that while the number of dollar millionaires in Turkey surged by more than 8 percent in...

CoE anti-corruption body urges Turkey to act on stalled reforms in parliament, judiciary

A high-level delegation from the Council of Europe’s (CoE) anti-corruption watchdog GRECO on Thursday called on Turkey to take urgent steps to implement long-standing...

Growing number of Turkish youths not in education, employment or training, new report finds

A growing number of young people in Turkey are disengaging from both work and education, according to a new report that warns of long-term...

From Tehran to Toronto via Turkey: an Iranian’s bid to flee war

Dragging two suitcases and carrying a rucksack, Homa looked exhausted after crossing the Turkish border following a long trip from Tehran, where she had...

Pro-Kurdish party urges Ankara to act after PKK disbands

Leaders of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) on Wednesday urged the Turkish government to act swiftly to consolidate the peace...

CHP leader invites former presidential candidate to rejoin party as it faces expanding crackdown

Özgür Özel, head of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has extended an invitation to opposition Homeland Party (MP) leader Muharrem İnce, who...

Opposition party accuses Erdoğan government of partnering with US, Israel

The Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP) on Wednesday accused the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of serving as a covert ally of Israel...

Far-right leader slams corruption probes targeting main opposition party as politically motivated

Ümit Özdağ, the head of Turkey’s ultranationalist Victory Party, on Wednesday denounced a wave of corruption investigations targeting figures from the country’s main opposition...

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