A Turkish court ordered major independent news site T24's website and social media accounts shut over 118 pieces of LGBTQ+ coverage

A101 workers are organizing for free water, higher meal allowances, and the right to sit during shifts

A101 workers are organizing for free water, higher meal allowances, and the right to sit during shifts

A forensic report obtained six years later details extensive injuries suffered by Servet Turgut after his detention by soldiers in eastern Turkey

Özgür Özel linked figures in Turkey's fund scandal to Erdoğan and put its economic cost at $90 billion

Turkey's broad unemployment rate rose to 31% in August even as official unemployment fell to 7.8%

A forensic report obtained six years later details extensive injuries suffered by Servet Turgut after his detention by soldiers in eastern Turkey

Erdoğan ordered a state review of Turkey's fund scandal and warned AKP figures over wrongdoing

Erdoğan ordered a state review of Turkey's fund scandal and warned AKP figures over wrongdoing

Journalist Fatih Ergin was jailed over a social media post in which he initially misidentified a doctor linked to the reopened Kaşif Kozinoğlu case

Besê Hozat said Turkey's Kurdish peace process remains slow and one-sided, calling for reciprocal political, legal, and democratic steps

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Turkey detained its top referee official and six others as prosecutors investigate alleged manipulation of referee rankings, appointments, exams, and internal lists

Turkey detained its top referee official and six others as prosecutors investigate alleged manipulation of referee rankings, appointments, exams, and internal lists

Comedian Deniz Göktaş was released after 88 days in prison, using his first court appearance to defend political satire

Comedian Deniz Göktaş was released after 88 days in prison, using his first court appearance to defend political satire

A jailed Turkish journalist says she is sleeping in front of a toilet in an overcrowded prison ward after being arrested over a story she wrote for Kaos GL

A jailed Turkish journalist says she is sleeping in front of a toilet in an overcrowded prison ward after being arrested over a story she wrote for Kaos GL

A doctor questioned in the reopened Kaşif Kozinoğlu death probe was found dead at home after his release

Journalist Ali Tarakçı was jailed after posting that a "very important minister" would resign, while his X account was also targeted by an access restriction

Authorities locked the entrance to Diyarbakır's Four-Legged Minaret after influencers used ladders to enter the protected landmark for social media videos

Özgür Özel challenged Erdoğan over the fund scandal as senior AKP official Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya left her party posts and investigations widened

Trump hailed Turkish Airlines' Boeing order as a "big day" for U.S. manufacturing, pointing to billions in sales and thousands of American jobs

Access restrictions now cover 255 Steam game pages in Turkey, up from 45 in August, weeks before new gaming-platform rules take effect

MasterChef Turkey judge Mehmet Yalçınkaya performed the Heimlich maneuver on a contestant who began choking during the show

Retired police officer Ali Şekeroğlu died during a pension protest in Ankara after telling demonstrators he could no longer make ends meet

Erdoğan warned that the Russia-Ukraine war could spread to new countries, saying Turkey's priority was to prevent a wider conflict

Koç Holding chair Ömer Koç said unconditional Western support for Israel made the Gaza genocide possible

Turkey's fund scandal reached senior AKP ranks after the main opposition New Party raised questions over extraordinary stock returns

New Party leader Özgür Özel warned X and Instagram against becoming part of Turkey's widening censorship campaign as dozens more accounts were restricted

The MHP hosted figures associated with the rival Sarallar and Şahinler organized crime groups at party headquarters for what it called a "historic embrace"

A rainbow-framed Zeki Müren billboard appeared in Times Square during Erdoğan's New York visit, protesting Turkey's sweeping crackdown on LGBTQ+ groups

Turkey's social media crackdown has spread from LGBTQ+ groups to journalists, economists, labor activists, and censorship researchers

Turkey’s Health Ministry cited the "Turkish family structure" in defending restrictions on hormone access for trans people

Academic Güllistan Yarkın is set to stand trial under Article 301 over passages in a U.S. PhD dissertation examining racism against Kurds in Istanbul

An Istanbul court sentenced İmamoğlu to two years and one month and imposed a political ban in a case in which he had twice been acquitted

Turkish police detained 27 people in a 22-province operation targeting an online network accused of preparing armed attacks on three schools

Anthropic says a Turkey-based technology company was linked to a commercial platform using AI, fake accounts, and fabricated news to target Malaysian voters

Anthropic says China-linked security operatives used Claude to gather intelligence on Uyghur cultural event venues in Turkey

Osman Kavala asked an Istanbul court to reopen his Gezi Park case and release him following a Grand Chamber ruling by the ECHR

Turkish police and gendarmerie reviewed 600,180 social media accounts in 2025, identifying more than 210,000 users for legal action

A stork ringed and named by Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria died in Turkey after a 3,500-kilometer migration across nine countries

Ardahan’a bağlı Damal’da bulunan Burmadere (Sors) Köyü Muhtarı Şah İsmail Göyük’ün yerine kayyum atandı. Muhtarlığa İl Özel İdare Müdürü Yasin Zorlu “muhtar” olarak atandı.

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