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Pope hopes to visit Turkey for anniversary of Council of Nicea in 2025

Pope Francis has expressed a desire to visit Nicaea, the ancient name for the port city of İznik in northwestern Turkey, in 2025 to...

NGO report on Turkey’s prisons highlights widespread mistreatment, rights violations

Turkish prisons are beset by persistent issues of torture, overcrowding and discriminatory practices, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing the annual report of the...

US says offenses of mother of Turkish teen involved in fatal crash are ‘extraditable’

The extradition of Eylem Tok, the mother of a 17-year-old dual Turkish-US citizen accused of causing a fatal car accident in İstanbul and fleeing...

Turkish court arrests former general accused of human smuggling from Syria

A court in the southeastern Turkish province of Şanlıurfa has ruled for the arrest of a former general accused of using his official car...

Turkey closer to removal from FATF’s grey list with approval of legislation on crypto assets

The Turkish Parliament on Thursday approved a bill that increased oversight of the crypto market, a step that is expected to help in Turkey's...

Main opposition leader says Turkey may hold early elections within 18 months

Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has said nearly half of Turkish citizens are demanding early elections and...

Turkey’s central bank holds key interest rate at 50 percent

Turkey's central bank on Thursday kept its key interest rate unchanged for the third month in a row, with annual inflation recorded at over...

Former presidential contender accused of payoff for endorsing Erdoğan’s candidacy

An opposition lawmaker has pointed out that the personal assets of Sinan Oğan, a far-right presidential candidate in the 2023 election, increased by over...

Erdoğan says mending fences with opposition ‘to normalize them’

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday said that ongoing efforts of rapprochement with the opposition are actually aimed at “normalizing the opposition,” during an...

İstanbul mayor accuses gov’t of lacking transparency in number of refugees in Turkey

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has accused government officials of a lack of transparency concerning the number of refugees in the country, saying they aren't...

Former Turkish general accused of human smuggling from Syria detained in Ankara

A former Turkish general accused of using his official car to smuggle people from Syria into Turkey has been detained in Ankara, the Halk...

Erdoğan accuses West of backing Israeli plans to ‘spread war’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday accused Western powers of backing what he said were Israeli plans to attack Lebanon and "spread war"...

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