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Erdoğan ally rules out amnesty after senior PKK figure demands clean slate for fighters

Nationalist leader Devlet Bahçeli, a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has ruled out an amnesty for Kurdish militants after a senior member...

Turkey, NATO discuss Black Sea security after attacks on Russia-linked ships: report

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Wednesday discussed growing security concerns in the Black Sea after a series...

Erdoğan joins backlash as Özel’s Stockholm syndrome remark sparks dispute with pro-Kurdish party

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has joined the political backlash against main opposition leader Özgür Özel after a reference he made to the “Stockholm syndrome”...

AKP, MHP reject opposition bid to air İmamoğlu trial live on state broadcaster TRT

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its far-right ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Tuesday rejected a proposal to have the...

Jailed PKK leader stresses ‘strong’ commitment to peace process

Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed founder of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), stressed his determination to see ongoing peace efforts with Turkey through while...

Murat Taşçı appointed chief economist at Turkey’s central bank: report

Turkey’s central bank has appointed Murat Taşçı as its new chief economist, marking the institution’s first such appointment in six years, according to a...

Former bank manager gets 102-year sentence over fraud scheme targeting Turkish football stars

A court in İstanbul on Monday sentenced a former bank manager to 102 years in prison over a secret investment scheme that prosecutors say...

Turkey has retrieved 110 cultural artifacts from abroad in 2025: ministry

Turkey has recovered 110 cultural artifacts so far this year, raising the number of antiquities repatriated since 1980 to 26,761, according to data published...

Illusionist, ex-footballer among 12 detained over alleged stock market manipulation

Turkish police detained 12 people, including illusionist Aref Ghafouri and former footballer Gökhan Gönül, in raids across five provinces on Tuesday as part of an...

Turkey sharply reduces imports of Russian crude oil: report

Turkey cut its purchases of Russia’s Urals crude oil in November as Western sanctions narrowed the number of suppliers Turkish refiners can work with...

‘We chose it’: PKK fighters describe life in Iraq’s mountains

A Kurdish militant picks his way along a switchback road in Iraq's mountains before pulling over to alert his comrades in a nearby hidden...

Turkish prosecutors close investigation into rape allegations involving 2 Ukrainian orphans

Turkish prosecutors have closed an investigation into allegations that two Ukrainian orphans, then aged 15 and 16, were repeatedly raped and impregnated by Turkish...

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