1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (251+ words) Turkish authorities on Sept. 13 launched a sweeping operation targeting LGBT activists, organizations and venues, with legal proceedings initiated on allegations of obscenity, Justice Minister Akın Gürlek has announced. Gürlek did not specify how many people had been detained, but said…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (397+ words) A delegation from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) visited imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan on Sept. 13 on İmralı island, marking the first such meeting since parliament approved a landmark legislative framework governing the disarmament and dissolution of…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (363+ words) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met United States Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack and Congressman Darrell Issa at the Presidential Complex on Sept. 9. “Honored to meet with President Erdogan today at Beştepe. As we mark America’s 250th anniversary this year and look…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (356+ words) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sept. 8 received letters of credentials of new ambassadors from Thailand, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Azerbaijan and Canada. Türkiye has enjoyed good relations with all of these countries, particularly Azerbaijan, sharing the motto of “two…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (479+ words) Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş on Sept. 8 announced that PKK will start disarming and surrendering weapons to Iraq’s central government this October, in line with the implementation of the “terror-free Türkiye” project. Kurtulmuş, at a joint press conference with visiting…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (351+ words) Saudi Arabia is in advanced talks with Türkiye over possible participation in the country’s KAAN fifth-generation fighter jet program, according to a report, as testing of the aircraft’s new prototypes continues. London-based news outlet The New Arab said Riyadh was…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (373+ words) Melih Gökçek served as the mayor of Ankara for over 23 years. Former Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek will give a statement to prosecutors in the capital on Sept. 4, over allegations that he transferred money to his companies abroad through undeclared transactions,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (459+ words) A court in Turkish Cyprus has ordered the captain of the Filo Jet and eight other suspects held for three more days as authorities investigate suspected negligence in the ferry sinking that left eight people dead and 20 missing. The high-speed…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (521+ words) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek on Aug. 31 to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and hold bilateral meetings with regional leaders. Erdoğan was welcomed at Manas International Airport by Kyrgyz Prime Minister Adylbek Kasymaliev…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (373+ words) Eight people died and 18 remained missing after a passenger ferry carrying 267 people capsized and sank off Turkish Cyprus, as search and rescue operations continued on Aug. 31. The Filo Jet, operated by Filo Denizcilik, was travelling from Kyrenia to Taşucu in…...