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Turkey denies claims of sending 6 aircraft loaded with arms to Pakistan amid tensions with India

Turkey on Monday denied claims that it sent six aircraft loaded with weapons to Pakistan, saying a Turkish Air Force transport plane landed in...

Journalist under house arrest over role in Gezi protests says he faces up to 20 years in prison

Journalist İsmail Saymaz broke his 38-day silence since he was put under house arrest last month as part of an investigation into the 2013...

Only 21 percent of Turks believe İstanbul mayor’s arrest was justified: poll

Only 21.5 percent of Turks believe that the arrest of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was based on legitimate grounds, according to a new survey...

Turkish state broadcaster reporter faces backlash for endorsing assassination of political opponents

A reporter for Turkey’s state broadcaster has been facing public backlash after he posted a comment on social media platform X seemingly endorsing the...

UN special rapporteur warns ECtHR that Turkey’s broad counterterrorism laws risk arbitrary prosecutions

A United Nations human rights expert has warned Europe’s top human rights court that Turkey’s vague counterterrorism laws violate the international principle of legality,...

Man, 2 daughters killed in landslide at car wash in northern Turkey

A man and his two young daughters were killed and their mother was injured when a landslide struck a car wash facility in Samsun,...

Turkey denies pressuring Hamas to make concessions for a ceasefire: report

Ankara has denied reports that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan pressured Hamas officials to make concessions in ceasefire talks with Israel following a request...

4 students arrested after police violently disperse Ankara protest over mayor’s detention

Four students were arrested and 22 others were released after police used excessive force to disperse a recent student protest in Ankara against the...

25 opposition city officials in İstanbul indicted on terrorism financing charges

İstanbul prosecutors have indicted 25 former and current city officials from four opposition-run municipalities on charges of financing terrorism, according to a report from...

NYT calls for end of global silence as Turks resist Erdoğan’s ‘authoritarianism’

In a strongly worded editorial published on Sunday, The New York Times urged democratic nations around the world to end their silence and take...

Ankara police use excessive force to detain 30 in anti-gov’t protests over Erdoğan rival’s arrest

Police in Ankara detained at least 30 people on Friday, including students, a journalist and a lawyer, during a protest over the arrest of...

Health minister defends C-section ban amid backlash against childbirth campaign

Turkish Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu has defended a new regulation banning elective Caesarean births in private healthcare facilities, following widespread criticism of a recent...

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