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Turkish businessman says no longer sought by US over illegal lobbying thanks to Trump

Turkish businessman Ekim Alptekin, a former head of a key Turkey-US business group who was indicted in the United States in a lobbying case...

Turkey’s CHP rocked by fresh mayoral defection and row with party leader

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has been shaken by the resignation of Mesut Özarslan, a district mayor in Ankara, triggering a bitter...

UK-based WE Soda says arrest warrant for Turkish tycoon Turgay Ciner revoked

UK-based holding company WE Soda Ltd said Turkish businessman Turgay Ciner, the person who ultimately controls the company, is no longer the subject of...

Jailed İstanbul mayor’s in-law among arrestees in expanding drug probe

An İstanbul court has ordered the arrest of 14 suspects, including Ali Kaya, the brother of Dilek Kaya İmamoğlu, the wife of jailed İstanbul...

Number of arrests in Turkey’s left-wing crackdown rises to 77

A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of 30 additional people in an investigation targeting the left-wing Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP), expanding...

Turkish court acquits police officers, doctor accused of torture despite top court ruling

A Turkish court has acquitted three police officers and a doctor of charges of torturing former teacher Eyüp Birinci in custody, despite a prior...

Turkey’s food inflation hits nearly 12 times the eurozone rate

Food prices in Turkey rose 31.69 percent year-on-year in January, nearly 12 times the 2.7 percent annual increase recorded in the eurozone’s food, alcohol...

Turkish man arrested with weapons in alleged gang feud case dies by suicide in Italian prison

A Turkish man arrested in Italy last year after police found him and another Turkish national with automatic weapons, both of whom allegedly came...

EU, Turkey signal push to update customs union

The European Union and Turkey agreed Friday to keep working toward modernizing their customs union, a long-stalled goal Ankara says is urgent as the...

Opposition mayor in southern Turkey among 9 released pending trial in corruption probe

An İstanbul court on Thursday ordered the release of Zeydan Karalar, the mayor of Turkey’s Adana municipality, and eight other defendants following their arrest...

Earthquake victims commemorated at ruined Antakya church for first time in 3 years

Victims of Turkey’s devastating February 6, 2023, earthquakes were commemorated at the partially destroyed Antakya Greek Orthodox Church on Friday, marking the first religious...

IFJ condemns shooting of journalist by Turkish forces at Syria border

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the shooting of a journalist by Turkish border guards while she was covering recent protests along...

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