Kenya releases Turkish refugee arrested at Turkey’s request
A Turkish refugee in Kenya who was arrested due to a request from Ankara and later kept in custody by court order was released...
Turkey orders detention of 37 more people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities ordered the detention of 37 people over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in two separate investigations last week, Turkish media...
ISIL suspect’s release from jail before deadly shootout in Turkey sparks anger
A gun battle between Turkish police and suspected Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants that killed three officers has triggered a...
Cypriot farmers say Turkish forces tried to detain them in buffer zone: report
Greek Cypriot farmers told the Cyprus Mail that Turkish soldiers and police attacked them in the United Nations buffer zone near the village of Mammari on...
Purge victim forced into unsafe job dies months after workplace accident
Hakan Ceniklioğlu, a former police officer dismissed over alleged links to faith-based Gülen movement, died on Friday after four months in intensive care following...
CHP youth wing leader arrested over alleged insult of Erdoğan
A Turkish court on Monday ordered the arrest of 19-year-old Bilge Kağan Şarbat, head of the youth branch of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s...
Turkish journalist briefly detained over alleged insult of city officials
Journalist and documentary producer Gökhan Mezarcı was briefly detained in Ankara on Friday on accusations of “insulting municipal officials,” the Mezopotamya news agency reported.
Mezarcı...
Man freed under Turkey’s mass release program killed partner days later
A man freed from prison under Turkey’s latest controversial mass release program for criminal offenders strangled his partner to death three days later, the...
Turkey cannot achieve peace with Kurds without democratic reforms: main opposition leader
Özgür Özel, the chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has said that lasting peace with the country’s Kurds is impossible without...
Turkey’s internet crackdown blocked 3,300 URLs in first seven months of 2025: report
Turkish courts blocked access to 3,330 URLs linked to 1,306 pieces of online content in the first seven months of 2025, according to a...
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