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Turkey to sell Boydak family’s textile giant Boyteks seized after 2016 coup attempt

Turkey’s state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has put Boyteks Tekstil, one of the country’s largest textile manufacturers, previously owned by the Boydak family,...

Poverty, gangs push more children into crime in Turkey

Children in Turkey are being drawn into crime as poverty deepens and gangs recruit minors, according to an analysis published by BBC’s Turkish service...

PKK spokesman says Syria clashes are setback for peace with Turkey

A spokesman for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said Tuesday that recent clashes between Syria’s military and Kurdish forces are a setback for...

US senator says Syria, aligned with Turkey, threatens Kurds, vows sanctions bill

US Senator Lindsey Graham on Tuesday said Syrian Kurds are “under threat from the new Syrian government that is aligned with Turkey” and that...

Erdoğan’s AKP adds 4 more mayors as defections from opposition continue

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday welcomed four opposition mayors into the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), personally pinning their party badges on...

Actor, producer removed from popular Turkish series as drug probe targets celebrities

A Turkish actor and a prominent television producer have been removed from popular TV series after authorities said their drug tests were positive, the...

Chinese e-commerce platform Temu halts overseas orders for Turkey

Chinese e-commerce platform Temu has halted overseas orders for users in Turkey, limiting sales to products shipped from local warehouses, the Karar daily reported...

EU rapporteur slams ruling in İmamoğlu diploma case as court rejects appeal

Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament rapporteur on Turkey, has sharply criticized a Turkish court’s decision to reject jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s appeal...

Jailed PKK leader Öcalan gifts hand-woven rug to Turkey’s far-right leader in unusual gesture

Devlet Bahçeli, leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has said he received a handwoven rug commissioned by Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader...

Attack attempt outside Diyarbakır police headquarters leaves no casualties; 13 detained

An attempted attack involving an improvised explosive device (IED) outside police headquarters in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır prompted a security operation that led...

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...

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