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Turkey’s ruling party wins Bursa Municipality after opposition mayor jailed

Turkey's ruling party on Thursday won control of Bursa, the country's fourth-largest city, after its mayor was jailed, in the latest blow to the...

CHP mayor, party official detained in İzmir-linked probes amid crackdown on opposition

A mayor and a senior official from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been detained in separate investigations based in the western...

Turkish prosecutors order detention of 14 more in celebrity drug probe

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of 14 more people, including well-known actors and musicians, as part of a drug investigation targeting public figures...

Turkey puts 11 on trial for LGBT ‘obscenity’

Eleven leaders of a Turkish LGBT rights group went on trial Wednesday on charges of "obscenity" and "violating the protection of the family.” The defendants,...

Turkey strongly condemns Israeli strikes on Lebanon

Turkey strongly condemned ongoing Israeli strikes on Lebanon, which Israel and the United States say are not covered by the US-Iranian ceasefire, the foreign...

8 detained, 4 fired for allegedly mocking police during İstanbul shootout

Eight people have been detained and four employees of Turkish cosmetics chain Gratis have been fired over a video allegedly mocking police responding to...

Turkey detains 23 people over alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkish authorities on Saturday 23 detained people, including business owners and tradespeople, in raids across four provinces over allegations that they provided financial support...

Tourism bookings to Turkey fall as war dampens foreign demand

Tourism bookings to Turkey have declined since the start of the war in the Middle East, with industry representatives reporting weaker foreign demand and...

Turkey detains former financial crimes official in market manipulation probe

Turkey has detained Ramazan Başak, a former deputy chair of Turkey’s Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), the country’s anti-money laundering authority, as part of...

Israeli minister targets Turkish actor over post on Palestinian prisoners

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir targeted a Turkish actor in a video message after the actor criticized a new Israeli law imposing the...

Turkish domestic violence app downloaded 9.4 mln times, with emergency reports nearing 100,000

Turkey’s domestic violence reporting app has been downloaded 9.4 million times, with nearly 100,000 emergency reports submitted since its launch in 2018, according to...

Turkey spends billions in reserves to support lira amid Iran war turmoil

Turkey’s central bank has spent tens of billions of dollars in foreign exchange and gold reserves in recent weeks to stabilize the lira amid...

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