Erdoğan calls on gov’t to not allow businessmen to transfer assets out of Turkey
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday called on the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government not to allow some businessmen to...
Ministry cancels world-famous Armenian violinist’s concert as frequent bans spark outrage in Turkey
Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism has canceled a concert by Spanish-Armenian violinist Ara Malikian in Ankara on June 11 without specifying the reason...
At least 212 workers died in Turkey in May, annual toll hits 835
At least 212 people died in work-related incidents across Turkey in May, bringing the death toll for the first five months of 2026 to...
Istanbul residents protest luxury housing project on one of last remaining disaster assembly sites
Residents of Istanbul’s Kadıköy district have been protesting plans to turn a 12,000-square-meter area designated for disaster coordination and assembly zones into a luxury housing project, warning...
Greece says Turkish gov’t may be holding 2 soldiers for political gain
Greece said on Monday that Turkey appeared to be seeking some political leverage by continuing to hold two of its soldiers without trial for...
Greece grants asylum to Turkish military officer allegedly involved in coup attempt
Greek authorities accepted Saturday the asylum request of one of the eight Turkish military officers who were allegedly involved in a controversial coup attempt...
Ex-AKP official indicted over alleged coercion in İstanbul municipality case
Turkish prosecutors have indicted lawyer and former Justice and Development Party (AKP) official Mücahit Birinci on accusations that he attempted to coerce a jailed...
Turkish court freed 3 alleged ISIL members accused of kidnapping Yazidi girl: report
Earlier this year a Turkish court released from pretrial detention three alleged members of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) who...
10 million children in Turkey living in poverty: report
Nearly 10 million children in Turkey are living in poverty, according to a child poverty report released by The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV).
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CoE warns Turkish gov’t of flood of appeals to ECtHR over state of emergency...
The spokesperson of Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland has warned that Turkish government risks further appeals to the European Court of...
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