Men marched in Diyarbakır after four women were killed in the city in one month, calling on men to speak out against femicides

New Party lawmakers walked out as Erdoğan addressed parliament, citing operations against mayors and broader pressure on the opposition

Passengers were stranded at Istanbul Airport after authorities seized a Caspian Airlines plane over an unpaid €3 million debt

Turkish prosecutors cited a music video scene showing two men dancing in an indictment seeking an obscenity trial for Mabel Matiz

Police detained Mersin Mayor Vahap Seçer and two district mayors as Turkey's wave of investigations into opposition municipalities widened

The family and lawyer of Kurdish singer Nûdem Durak renewed calls for her release as health problems worsen during her 19-year prison sentence

Jailed lawmaker Can Atalay began a 24-hour hunger strike demanding implementation of Constitutional Court rulings and the right to serve in parliament

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

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

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

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

Justice Minister Akın Gürlek sued TİP lawmaker Ahmet Şık after denying allegations involving a luxury Istanbul apartment and high-value expenses

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

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

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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

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

Russia says it could authorize Turkey to transfer its S-400 systems to a friendly third country, but Ankara has not made such a request

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turkey's religious authority urged Muslims to watch what they post online as access restrictions on news reports and social media accounts continue to expand

Turkey's fund scandal has left 455,758 investors tied to 131 liquidating funds as arrests mount and regulators face questions over how the boom grew

Turkey launched an espionage investigation after investigators found unauthorized activity and searches involving Erdoğan and ministers in MASAK's financial intelligence system

Netanyahu called Erdoğan a "tyrant" and launched a broad attack on Turkey at the U.N., prompting an angry response from Turkish officials

Russian conservatives are calling for Turkish TV series to be banned after Burak and Neslihan appeared among unusual baby names in the Moscow region

Erdoğan urged restraint over attacks on Black Sea shipping as he and Zelensky discussed maritime security, food exports, and peace efforts

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

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Şanlıurfa in southeastern Turkey, with authorities reporting no deaths or injuries

Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş quit the CHP to continue as an independent, with eight district mayors following him out of the party

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

Trump called Erdoğan a "tough cookie" and told others not to "mess around with him" during a U.N. meeting dominated by Iran and regional tensions

Israel's delegation walked out during Erdoğan's U.N. speech on Gaza, but the moment also revived questions over Turkey's continuing ties with Israel

X restricted Turkey Unfolding and founder Neşe İdil's accounts in Turkey under a legal request tied to an "obscenity" investigation largely targeting LGBTQ+ groups

Eleven students were wounded in a shooting outside a high school in western Turkey, with the suspected attacker and three family members detained

A newly identified fragment of an ancient peace treaty found in Turkey contains provisions governing the treatment of people who fled across borders

Experts will watch episodes of Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu as prosecutors examine possible links between the Turkish drama's storylines and Kaşif Kozinoğlu's 2011 prison death