$522 mln in assets confiscated in Sakarya province since 2016, says parliamentary candidate
Turkish authorities have confiscated $522 million worth of assets belonging to people with alleged links to the Gülen movement in the northwestern province of...
İmamoğlu tells court diploma annulment aimed at blocking his presidential bid
Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has told a court that prosecutors pressured İstanbul University into annulling his university diploma last year, decades after it...
Health needs remain high in Turkey 2 months after the earthquakes: IOM
Some key sectors of the emergency and recovery response in Turkey remain dangerously underfunded, including health, two months after devastating earthquakes struck the country’s...
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,...
Drug traffickers use Turkey’s citizenship laws to evade trial in Europe: report
Europe’s most-wanted drug traffickers are increasingly evading capture by becoming Turkish citizens, VICE World News reported, citing European law enforcement officials.
European law enforcement officials, speaking...
Former Turkish teacher convicted over Gülen links denied hospital transfer as health worsens: Lawmaker
A former Turkish teacher convicted of alleged links to the Gülen movement is facing a serious health crisis in prison, but authorities have not...
Swedish parliament adopts tougher anti-terror law
Sweden’s parliament on Wednesday passed new legislation to ban activities linked to extremist groups, as it beefs up its terror laws, a key demand...
15 migrants die after boat collides with Greek coast guard vessel off Chios
Fifteen migrants died and 24 others were injured after a boat carrying them collided with a Greek coast guard vessel off the island of...
25 detained over alleged Gülen links in a week
Twenty-five people have over the past week been detained on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based...
Labor Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
Turkey saw another troubling year for labor rights in 2025, characterized by a high number of workplace deaths and renewed scrutiny of child labor....
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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