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Turkey starts judicial year with speech from controversial prosecutor

Yesterday (September 1) marked the beginning of Turkey’s new judicial year. An opening ceremony attended by journalists also featured Istanbul...

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Turkey stars judicial year with speech from controversial prosecutor

Yesterday (September 1) marked the beginning of Turkey’s new judicial year. An opening ceremony attended by journalists also featured Istanbul...

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Istanbul district head of Turkey’s largest opposition party removed

Özgür Çelik, the district head of the Republican People’s Party (CHP)’s Istanbul branch, has been removed from office by a Turkish court...

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Opposition-leaning Turkish TV station hit with 5-day broadcast ban

Turkey’s TELE1 TV channel has been blacked out for five days starting today (September 1), following a decision by Turkish media watchdog Radio and...

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Turkey-Israel rift grows as Ankara and Islamabad vow cooperation

Following Friday’s (August 29) announcement that Turkey has closed its airspace and ports to Israel, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated that...

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European mayors award jailed Istanbul mayor with special recognition

Mayors from across Europe convened in Istanbul to award imprisoned opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu a ‘special recognition award,’ in a ceremony...

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Turkey: Yet another investigation into opposition leader

Another investigation has been opened into Turkey’s main opposition leader and Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairman Özgür Özel for comments...

28.08.2025 10

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Imprisoned Istanbul sports director denies allegation he ordered killing of witness

Fatih Keleş, president of the Istanbul municipality’s sports club, has denied recent allegations that appeared in Sabah newspaper alleging he had...

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Turkey’s civil servants strike over paltry pay rises

Thousands of Turkish civil servants staged a nationwide strike on Monday to protest what they called ‘insufficient’ government pay offers, amid a...

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Turkish opposition mayor defects amid allegations of legal pressure

Özlem Çerçioğlu, the long-serving mayor of Aydın, has resigned from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and joined President...

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Istanbul district mayor detained in probe targeting the opposition

Turkish authorities have detained 40 people, including İnan Güney, the opposition mayor of Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district, in what the government...

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Turkish opposition alleges bribes exchanged for reduced sentences

In a major speech Thursday (August 14), chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Özgür Özel made major allegations...

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Turkey’s opposition leader faces fresh criminal investigation

Turkey has opened a new criminal investigation into the leader of the main opposition party, while a prominent opposition mayor is reported to be...

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Turkey: officials accused of issuing fake passports and IDs

Civil registry officials in the southern border province of Kilis are facing criminal charges over an alleged scheme that issued forged identity cards...

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Turkey: new arrests in sweeping corruption probes

Turkish authorities have carried out new raids targeting officials linked to two of the country’s largest opposition-controlled city...

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Turkey opens new investigation into jailed journalist Fatih Altaylı

Turkish prosecutors have opened a second criminal investigation into veteran journalist Fatih Altaylı, who is already in pre-trial detention on...

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Turkey leads OECD countries by a wide margin in food inflation

Turkey is experiencing a staggering inflation rate of 35% as of June 2025, placing it far above all other members of the Organisation for Economic...

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6.1 earthquake hits Turkey’s Balıkesir province

A 6.1-strength earthquake hit Turkey’s northwestern Balıkesir province Sunday evening (August 10) just before 8:00pm local time. One has been...

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Turkey: Lawyer arrested in bribery scandal against opposition

Turkey’s main opposition party chair, Özgür Özel, has accused a lawyer and several prosecutors of orchestrating a “bribery and testimony...

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Turkish parliamentary commission aimed at resolving Kurdish issue launches today

Today (August 5), a newly launched commission in the Turkish Parliament meets for the first time. The commission, aimed at solving Turkey’s...

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Hundreds implicated in fake diploma scandal in Turkey

Turkish prosecutors have launched a wide-ranging investigation into an alleged forgery network accused of exploiting the country’s digital identity...

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Students in Turkey’s Hatay province suspended after protesting teachers’ removal, reappointment

Three students in Turkey’s southern Hatay province have been suspended after hanging posters protesting the removal and reappointment of teachers at...

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Imprisoned MP Can Atalay speaks to Medyascope

Can Atalay, a former member of the Turkish Parliament imprisoned at Istanbul’s Silivri Prison, spoke to Medyascope regarding recent political...

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Jailed presidential candidate İmamoğlu: “We won’t play along” | Exclusive

Istanbul’s imprisoned mayor and main opposition (CHP) presidential candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has been in prison since March 19. The mayor was...

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Human rights icon in Turkey, Emine Ocak dies at 89

Emine Ocak, a leading figure in Turkey’s decades-long campaign against enforced disappearances, has died aged 89. She was one of the founding...

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Germany approves Eurofighter sale to Turkey

Germany has approved the long-stalled sale of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role fighters to Turkey, removing the final obstacle to the deal within the...

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Turkey: Nationalist party head proposes sectarian government split

Devlet Bahçeli, chairman of the ultranationalist Nationalist Action Party (MHP) and main coalition partner of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has...

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Turkish-Americans protest over jailing of mayors

Turkish-Americans in the United States have staged protests in four major cities, marking four months since the controversial imprisonment of Istanbul...

21.07.2025 10

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Erdoğan’s approach ‘sabotages the peace process,’ says Özel

Chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Özgür Özel sat down with  Medyascope ‘s Özgecan Özgenç over the...

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Istanbul Mayor sentenced to prison time for remarks made towards Chief Prosecutor

Yesterday (July 16), imprisoned Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was sentenced to one year-eight months in prison in the third hearing of a case...

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Major speech by Erdoğan follows PKK disarmament ceremony

On Friday (July 11), 30 PKK fighters set fire to their weapons in a disarmament ceremony in northern Iraq, following the group's announcement in...

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Another Istanbul district mayor arrested in dawn operation

Another district mayor belonging to Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) was arrested early Thursday (July 10) in Istanbul's Şile...

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Access to Grok AI ChatBot blocked in Turkey

The ban stems from content generated by Grok deemed allegedly insulting to Turkish founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, current President Recep...

10.07.2025 10

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Turkey’s opposition-linked news channels faced with broadcast bans as court order pauses blackout

Two opposition-linked TV stations are currently facing broadcast bans from Turkey’s TV and radio watchdog (RTÜK). Sözcü TV will be blacked out...

08.07.2025 10

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Turkish journalist Timur Soykan released following detention over social media posts

BirGün newspaper journalist Timur Soykan was briefly taken into custody Saturday (July 5) before being released on bail a day later. The detention...

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Turkey: New wave of arrests targets more opposition controlled municipalities

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) was hit with a new wave of arrests over the weekend. The arrests follow several months...

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Muharrem Ince rejoins Turkey’s main opposition CHP

Muharrem Ince, a former opposition presidential candidate and chairman of the Memleket Party, has rejoined Turkey’s main opposition Republican...

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X account of leading Turkish LBGT association blocked

The X account belonging to Kaos GL, a leading Turkish LGBT rights organization, was blocked early Tuesday (June 24) in Turkey. A statement from...

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Turkey: Mayor’s lawyer, prominent journalist among latest arrests

Prominent Turkish journalist Fatih Altaylı was arrested Sunday (June 22nd) over comments made in a video posted on his YouTube channel in which he...

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Turkish ultranationalist leader released after conviction

Ümit Özdağ, the leader of Turkey’s anti-immigration Victory Party (Zafer Partisi), was released from prison on Monday after being sentenced to 2...

18.06.2025 10

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19 youth charged following demonstration commemorating anniversary of Gezi protests

19 youth have been charged following a demonstration at Istanbul’s Taksim Square last month commemorating the 12th anniversary of 2013’s Gezi Park...

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Imprisoned Istanbul Mayor faces trial over alleged threats towards Istanbul Chief Prosecutor

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, imprisoned since March 19th, attended the second hearing today in a trial that threatens to ban him permanently from...

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Turkey issues arrest warrant for opposition-linked TV station owner

Turkish authorities issued an arrest warrant for Cafer Mahiroğlu, the UK-based businessman and owner of Halk TV, a prominent opposition-leaning news...

11.06.2025 10

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Two detained over death of Manisa mayor following electrical injury

Authorities in Turkey have detained two people as part of an investigation into the death of Ferdi Zeyrek, the mayor of Manisa, who died after...

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Mayor of Turkey’s Manisa dead following electrical accident

Ferdi Zeyrek, mayor of Turkey’s western city of Manisa, passed away Monday (June 9) after being severely electrocuted in his home on June 5th....

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CHP leader Özel targeted in new investigation as 5th wave of arrests hits Istanbul municipality

On Wednesday (June 4), a fifth wave of arrests hit the Istanbul municipality as part of an ongoing investigation targeting the opposition-controlled...

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Turkey: Indictment alleges fraud in opposition party leadership selection

The Chief Prosecutor of Ankara has approved an indictment that alleges irregularities in the selection of a new chairman for the main opposition...

03.06.2025 9

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SDF open to meeting with Erdoğan amidst rumors of a meeting with senior Turkish officials

Last Friday (May 30), Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazlum Abdi said in an interview that he would be open to meeting with Turkish...

02.06.2025 9

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Turkey: 4th and 5th waves of arrests hit opposition-held Istanbul

Over the past week, the opposition-held Istanbul municipality has been hit by new waves of arrests targeting public officials employed by the city....

02.06.2025 10

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Russia-Ukraine Summit planned in Istanbul for Thursday

Preparations are underway for a planned meeting between Ukrainian and Russian officials in Istanbul on Thursday (May 15).  Although Ukrainian...

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