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Kurdish politician hints at renewed peace efforts between Turkey-PKK during Nevruz celebration

Kurdish politician Leyla Zana hinted at new efforts for peace between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) during Nevruz celebrations in the majority-Kurdish...

Belgian prime minister’s iftar with Gülen-affiliated group angers Ankara

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo's attendance at an iftar dinner in Antwerp organized by an association with ties to the Gülen movement, a...

Erdoğan’s monthly discretionary fund use soared to $59 mln ahead of elections

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spent a record amount of TL 1.8 billion ($59.4 million) from the discretionary fund allocated for his use ahead...

14 detained in Turkey over use of ByLock messaging app despite ECtHR rulings

Although the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has in several cases made clear that use of the ByLock messaging app does not constitute...

Families of trapped miners offered only $4,670 in claims payments after landslide

The families of nine miners buried under a landslide contaminated with cyanide and sulphuric acid at a gold mine in Turkey's eastern Erzincan province...

Retiree charged with insulting Erdoğan for protesting low pensions

A retiree who wore a T-shirt at a Justice and Development Party (AKP) rally that protested low pensions was detained and subsequently charged on...

Trial of general accused of murder of Kurdish villagers dropped due to statute of limitations

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled to drop the trial of a brigadier general charged with the murder of 11 Kurdish villagers who...

Turkish official says Iraq warm to Turkey’s proposed anti-PKK joint ops center: report

Turkey proposed setting up a "joint operations center" with Iraq to fight the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), to which Baghdad responded "positively" in...

US imposes Iran-related sanctions on 2 Turkish citizens, 5 companies

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has targeted three procurement networks with sanctions including five Turkey-based companies and...

İstanbul mayor calls for politics-free sports after the post-match violence

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Tuesday called for the elimination of political interference in sports in light of violent incidents after a football match...

Survey shows İstanbul mayor 5 points ahead of AKP candidate in local election

İstanbul’s incumbent mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), is polling 5 five points ahead of the mayoral candidate of...

Turkey ranks 98th in World Happiness Report, its elderly happier than younger Turks

Turkey has climbed eight places in the World Happiness Report 2024 compared to the previous year and is now ranked 98th out of 143...

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