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Man sentenced to 7.5 years in prison over alleged financial aid to Gülen-linked prisoners’ families

A Turkish court has sentenced a man to seven-and-a-half years in prison on accusations that he helped transfer money to families of people jailed...

Turkey says Syria ceasefire should continue during Islamic State detainee transfers to Iraq

Turkey’s foreign minister has said a ceasefire between Syria’s government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) should remain in place while Islamic...

Russian oil exports to China rise in January as India, Turkey cut buying: report

China is set to increase imports of Russian oil by sea in January, taking barrels that previously went to India and Turkey, as tougher...

Minutes of MPs’ November meeting with Öcalan link Ankara’s peace efforts to Syria battlefield

Turkey’s parliament has released the full minutes of a rare meeting between lawmakers and jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan, offering a...

Turkish court sentences opposition mayor to prison on terrorism charges

A Turkish court on Friday sentenced Ahmet Özer, the mayor of Istanbul’s Esenyurt district from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), to more...

4 arrested in Turkey over alleged Gülen links

A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of five people in Tekirdağ province, including four accused of links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...

[UPDATE] Journalist put under house arrest over reporting on opposition figures

A Turkish court on Friday ordered journalist Furkan Karabay to be put under house arrest pending trial as part of an investigation linked to...

Kurdish women’s braids become protest symbol after viral Raqqa clip

A short video circulating online from the Syrian city of Raqqa has sparked a wave of protest posts as women in Turkey and across...

Antidepressant use hits record high in Turkey as economic strain deepens

Antidepressant use in Turkey reached a record level in 2025, with opposition politicians and researchers pointing to worsening economic conditions, rising debt and growing...

Turkey appoints trustee to Papel payments company in probe into illegal betting, money laundering

An İstanbul court has ordered the seizure of assets belonging to the Papel electronic payment company as part of an investigation into alleged money...

Veteran Turkish columnist imprisoned in post-coup crackdown dies at 72

Veteran Turkish columnist and political scientist Ahmet Turan Alkan, who spent nearly two years in prison over his writings during a post-coup crackdown on...

Erdoğan tells Iran’s president Turkey rejects foreign intervention

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey does not support any scenario involving foreign intervention in Iran, during a phone call with Iranian President...

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