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US investigating New York mayor’s role in opening of Turkish gov’t high-rise in Manhattan

US federal authorities are investigating whether New York Mayor Eric Adams pressured New York Fire Department officials weeks before his election in 2021 to...

Erdoğan calls for pressure on US to stop Israel’s offensive

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday called for pressure on the United States to stop Israel's offensive in Gaza, but said there would...

Kurdish language teacher suffers threats and insults on social media

Mizgin Yalçın, a teacher of the Kurdish language based in Diyarbakır, received numerous insulting and threatening messages on social media after she shared a...

Lawyers in Turkey face harassment, mistreatment over their work, int’l delegation says

An international delegation comprising 27 bar associations, human rights organizations and legal groups from eight countries reported severe mistreatment of lawyers in Turkey, pointing...

Erdoğan is a putschist for supporting defiance of Constitutional Court: main opposition leader

Özgür Özel, the newly elected leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of leading a coup...

Journalist detained over tweets on May election results, February earthquakes

Journalist Mehmet Kızmaz has been detained over tweets regarding the presidential and parliamentary elections in May and two devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey on...

German, Turkish leaders to meet amid Israel-Hamas war tensions

Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan next week, a German official said on Friday, at a time of renewed...

Hundreds of lawyers march in Ankara to protest appeals judges’ defiance of Constitutional Court

Hundreds of lawyers from across Turkey marched to the country’s Supreme Court of Appeals in response to the refusal of the court’s Third Criminal...

Erdoğan signals limiting top court’s power as he sides with appeals court in crisis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is using a judicial crisis involving two high courts due to conflicting rulings on a jailed lawmaker to press...

Albanian drug cartel leader sought on INTERPOL Red Notice captured in İstanbul

An Albanian national, the ringleader of a drug cartel who was wanted on an INTERPOL Red Notice by the authorities in Italy and Albania,...

Turkey’s confiscation of $50 billion from Gülen members constitutes crimes against humanity: report

Bünyamin Tekin A comprehensive report exposes the vast scale of property confiscations in Turkey targeting the Gülen movement, a faith-based group outlawed by Ankara, with...

Health minister says efforts underway to transfer children with cancer in Gaza to Turkey

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced that his ministry is planning to bring children with cancer in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza to...

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