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Turkish intelligence agency founded PKK to counter leftist militants: neo-nationalist leader

Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) established the now-outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to neutralize leftist revolutionary groups in the country, claimed Doğu Perinçek, leader...

3 MPs from Turkey’s far-right party forced to resign due to alleged involvement in gold smuggling

Three lawmakers from the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), typically allied with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, have been forced to resign from the party...

Turkey’s central bank again leaves key interest rate unchanged at 50 percent

Turkey’s central bank on Thursday kept its key interest rate unchanged for the eighth month in a row, with annual inflation announced at slightly...

Turkey condemns missile attack on cargo ship by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

Turkey on Wednesday condemned a missile attack targeting a cargo ship in the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthi rebels, saying measures were being taken...

Turkish courts sentence 3 Kurdish mayors on terror-related charges

Turkish courts have sentenced three elected Kurdish mayors to prison on terrorism-related charges in separate trials, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing local...

AKUT co-founder Nasuh Mahruki arrested over social media posts

Nasuh Mahruki, founder and former president of the Turkish Search and Rescue Association (AKUT), was arrested pending trial of an investigation of his social...

Turkish media tycoon Acun Ilıcalı under investigation over illegal betting

Turkish authorities are investigating media mogul Acun Ilıcalı, owner of English football club Hull City, founder of the TV8 broadcaster and a vice president...

Turkey police seize 3.2 million captagon pills

Turkish police said Wednesday that they had seized 3.2 million captagon pills, an amphetamine-like stimulant plaguing the Middle East, in a southeastern province near...

Baykar UCAV conducts first flight from Turkey’s ‘drone carrier’ TCG Anadolu

The Bayraktar TB3, produced by Turkey’s leading drone maker Baykar, has become the first unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) to successfully take off and...

Turkey’s top court found rights violations in more than 2,500 applications in first 9 months of 2024

Turkey’s Constitutional Court found at least one violation of human rights in each of 2,529 applications in the first nine months of this year,...

Turkish-American Dr. Oz, criticized for ties to Erdoğan, tapped by Trump to run Medicare

US President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that Mehmet Oz, a Turkish-American celebrity doctor with ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, had been...

Int’l press advocacy groups urge Turkish gov’t to withdraw espionage amendment

Prominent international media freedom groups called on the Turkish government to withdraw proposed amendments to an anti-espionage law in Turkey shortly after the government...

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