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Ex-mayor among 8 detained in latest operation targeting main opposition party’s city officials

Turkish authorities have detained a former mayor and seven others in a corruption investigation, marking the latest in a series of operations targeting local...

Germany blocks Eurofighter jet sale to Turkey over mayor’s arrest: report

Germany has reportedly blocked the delivery of some 30 Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Turkey following the arrest of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a prominent...

Canadian school faces backlash over assignment listing Atatürk as a ‘dictator’

A Canadian high school has sparked backlash after including Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, on a list of dictators in a...

Journalist gets suspended sentence on conviction of insulting, slandering Erdoğan

A Turkish court has handed down a two-year suspended sentence to journalist Furkan Karabay due to comments he made about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Turkey accuses Greece of violating its jurisdiction with its maritime spatial plan

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has condemned Greece’s newly announced Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP), claiming some areas specified in the plan encroach on Turkey's jurisdiction...

Turkish journalist living in exile says he continues to face threats to his life

Turkish investigative journalist Cevheri Güven said he continues to face constant threats to his life, even after seeking asylum in Germany. Speaking to Frankfurter Allgemeine...

Turkey says deconfliction talks with Israel not aimed at diplomatic normalization

Turkey’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday that recent talks with Israel on a “deconfliction mechanism” in Syria are not part of any normalization process...

Only 3 pct of Turks applied for dual citizenship under Germany’s new law in 9 months

Only 3 percent of German citizens of Turkish origin have applied to regain Turkish citizenship in the nine months since a landmark dual citizenship...

Ex-general serving life sentence for 2016 coup registered as AKP member without consent

Akın Öztürk, the former commander of the Turkish Air Forces who is serving a life sentence for his alleged role in a 2016 coup...

Pro-gov’t journalist under investigation over claims of takeover of main opposition party

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into pro-government journalist Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı after he claimed on social media that the government would soon take...

12 city officials detained in operation targeting opposition-run municipality in İstanbul

Twelve city officials were detained Thursday in an operation targeting the opposition-run Beşiktaş Municipality in İstanbul over alleged bid-rigging, marking the latest development in...

EU lists seven ‘safe’ countries of origin, tightening asylum rules

The European Union on Wednesday published a list of seven countries it considers "safe,” in a bid to speed up migrant returns by making...

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