Court denies request to hear tourism minister in trial over deadly hotel fire in northwestern Turkey

Turkey detains 153 suspected ISIL members, associates

Pope Leo says he hopes to visit Turkey in the coming months

Erdoğan accuses Israel of using Druze as pretext to expand into Syria.

Erdoğan accuses Israel of using Druze as pretext to expand into Syria

Turkey slams Israeli strikes as ‘provocation,’ signals support for Syria

Villagers begin hunger strike to protest bill enabling mining in olive-producing areas

Jailed Turkish journalist indicted for allegedly threatening President Erdoğan

Turkey’s main opposition leader faces new probe over remarks ‘targeting’ prosecutor

Court releases 4 journalists arrested over alleged links to ‘illegal organization’

A Syrian Kurdish official has rejected Turkish calls for the Syrian Democratic Forces to give up their weapons as part of #Ankara’s peace efforts with Kurdish militants, saying the situation in Syria requires integration, not the laying down of arms.

#Turkey’s defense procurement chief unveiled the AI-supported Steel Dome air defense system on Wednesday, describing it as a multi-layered architecture designed to detect and neutralize aerial threats at various altitudes and long distances.

A #Turkish court on Thursday rejected a request to hear Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy as a witness in a trial concerning a hotel fire that killed 78 people in the northwestern resort of Kartalkaya.

Pope Leo XIV said on Thursday that he hoped to visit #Turkey in the coming months for a Christian religious commemoration, in what could be his first overseas trip as pontiff.

#Turkey’s defense ministry on Thursday condemned recent #Israeli airstrikes on #Damascus as a “clear provocation” that threatens regional peace and stability, while signaling a readiness to provide military support to #Syria if requested.

A group of villagers from across #Turkey who have spent two weeks protesting outside the Turkish Parliament against a bill permitting mining on olive cultivation land began a hunger strike on Wednesday, citing government indifference to their demands.

Well-known Turkish journalist Fatih Altaylı, who has been in pretrial detention since June 22, has been indicted on charges of threatening President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a crime that carries a minimum prison sentence of five years under #Turkish law.

Turkish prosecutors have launched a new criminal investigation into Özgür Özel, leader of #Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), over remarks he made about a public prosecutor involved in an ongoing crackdown on his party.

A #Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the release of four journalists who had spent a month in pretrial detention after they were arrested on charges of “membership in an illegal organization.”

Syrian Kurdish official rejects Turkish calls to lay down arms, says SDF seeks integration instead