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Press groups condemn detention of 4 journalists in Turkey, call for their release

Press freedom and human rights organizations have condemned the detention of four journalists in Turkey, calling it a crackdown on independent media and demanding their...

Turkey’s prison population surges in 7 months, with overcrowding worsening

Turkey’s prison population has surged by over 50,000 in seven months, with overcrowding worsening as critics link the crisis to government-led mass arrests, the...

Rights advocate decries terrorism charges against high school girls for associating with peers

A US-based human rights advocate has criticized Turkey’s trial of 41 defendants, 14 of whom are minors, accused of terrorism for engaging in routine...

Intensified crackdown on dissidents violates constitution: İstanbul bar president

İstanbul Bar Association President İbrahim Kaboğlu criticized the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for intensified searches, home raids, detentions and arrests targeting dissidents...

German energy giant Steag to exit Turkey, joins wave of German corporate departures

German energy company Steag plans to sell its 51 percent stake in İskenderun Energy, signaling its exit from Turkey amid a broader trend of...

Market Turkey with images of businessmen’s perp walk, opposition leader tells finance minister

The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party on Thursday ridiculed the government's efforts to attract foreign investment, saying the finance minister should use images...

Heavy snowfall blocks roads to 2,666 villages in eastern Turkey

Heavy snowfall in Turkey's eastern provinces has cut off access to 2,666 villages, with road crews working to clear the roads, the Demirören news...

All defendants acquitted in Turkey’s trial of rights activists after 8 years

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals’s recent decision to uphold the acquittal of the last defendant in the terrorism-related trial of rights activists has brought...

Turkish Football Federation assigns foreign referee for Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derby

The Turkish Football Federation announced Wednesday that a foreign referee will officiate the upcoming Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derby, one of the most heated rivalries in European...

38 pct of Turks view NATO unfavorably despite key military role, survey shows

Thirty-eight percent of Turks have a negative opinion of NATO, according to a national survey published earlier this month that signals growing skepticism about...

Turkey exporting 15,000 tons of eggs to US amid bird flu shortages: report

Turkey has started shipping 15,000 tons of eggs to the United States as the country deals with supply disruptions caused by a bird flu...

Erdoğan slams Turkey’s top business association after rare criticism of government

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday delivered a scathing attack on the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TÜSİAD), accusing the country’s most influential...

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