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PACE condemns Turkey over arrest of İstanbul mayor, warns of democratic backsliding

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Wednesday adopted a resolution condemning the arrest of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and warning...

İstanbul city official jailed along with mayor moved to house arrest amid health concerns

Mahir Polat, a senior official at the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, has been released from pretrial detention and put under house arrest, his lawyer said...

Turkey sees sixfold rise in foreign residents over two decades

Turkey's foreign resident population has grown nearly sixfold over the past 20 years, reaching 1,084,501 people with residence permits as of April 2025, according...

Jailed İstanbul mayor calls searches of family summer homes ‘harassment’

Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has condemned recent searches of the summer homes of his wife and father as politically motivated harassment, calling on...

Turkey’s prison population exceeds capacity by nearly 100,000 amid recent surge in arrests

The number of people held in Turkish prisons rose by over 14,000 in three months, pushing the total inmate population nearly 100,000 over official...

7 journalists indicted for covering protests over İstanbul mayor’s arrest

Turkish prosecutors have indicted seven journalists who were held in pretrial detention for several days last month for covering mass protests following the arrest of...

Berkin Elvan’s parents get suspended sentences on conviction of insulting Erdoğan

The parents of Berkin Elvan, a teenager who was killed during Turkey’s 2013 anti-government Gezi Park protests, have been handed down suspended sentences on...

Erdoğan, finance minister see opportunity in US tariffs, do not expect disruptions

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek have adopted an optimistic stance in the face of new US tariffs, saying the...

Pro-Turkey Syrian groups reduce presence in Kurdish area: official

Pro-Turkey Syrian groups have scaled down their military presence in a historically Kurdish-majority area of the country's north that they have controlled since 2018,...

Turkish students stage fresh protests in İstanbul and Ankara

Several thousand Turkish students protested on Tuesday in İstanbul and Ankara, reviving demonstrations after the March 19 detention of İstanbul's opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu...

US, Russia to meet Thursday in İstanbul on restoring embassy operations

The United States and Russia will hold talks on Thursday in İstanbul on restoring some of their embassy operations that have been drastically scaled...

Italy-Turkey summit postponed, sparking speculation over connection to İstanbul mayor’s arrest

A business forum between Italy and Turkey and an intergovernmental summit scheduled for next week have been postponed, BBC's Turkish service reported on Monday,...

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