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Prosecutors filed new espionage charges against Istanbul’s jailed mayor on Monday, intensifying the judicial pressure on the opposition politician seen as a top rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

One of Turkey’s largest television news broadcasters has been confiscated by the state as part of a fraud, tax evasion and money laundering investigation, media reported Thursday.

Hundreds of supporters of Turkey’s main opposition party defied a temporary ban on public gatherings, assembling at locations close to its provincial headquarters in Istanbul on Monday to protest the controversial appoin...

Erdogan's government announced in August of last year the start of development of the Steel Dome, which integrates sea-based and land-based air defense platforms and sensors into a network to protect Turkey’s skies.

Turkish authorities detained the mayor of a key Istanbul district along with some 40 other officials on Friday, intensifying a sweeping crackdown on the country’s opposition.

The earthquake, with an epicenter in the town of Sindirgi, sent shocks that were felt some 200 kilometers (125 miles) to the north in Istanbul - a city of more than 16 million people.

A newly formed parliamentary committee in Turkey tasked with overseeing a peace initiative with a Kurdish militant group held its inaugural meeting on Tuesday, marking a further step towards ending a decades-long insurge...

Extreme heat persisted, with temperatures reaching 42.4C (108.32F) in central Greece on Sunday.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed the disarmament of the Kurdish PKK militant group as a victory for his country after its members began laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony on Friday.

The operation against the CHP municipalities of Antalya, Adana and Adıyaman came on the heels of investigations that began in Istanbul and then spread to the third biggest city Izmir.

Four employees of a satirical magazine in Turkey have been arrested for publishing a cartoon that appears to show the Prophet Muhammad - a sacred religious figure whose depiction is forbidden in Islam.

Firefighters battled wildfires in Turkey and France on Monday and more than 50,000 people were evacuated as an early summer heatwave hit Europe.

With the Turkish authorities' crackdown on the opposition showing no sign of ceasing, a court ordered the arrest of 22 opposition names linked to Istanbul’s jailed mayor.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denied he is trying to change the constitution so that he can stay on when his term ends in three years' time.

The development comes two months after Ekrem İmamoğlu, the city's mayor and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's biggest political rival, was arrested pending trial for alleged corruption.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says he’ll decide on the talks after a meeting with Turkey’s President Erdogan.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced Monday that it will disband and disarm, ending 40 years of conflict with Turkey.

Imamoglu, who is the main rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, can no longer send messages in Turkey to his 9.7 million followers on X. His account is still accessible abroad.

Many Istanbul residents spent the night outdoors, too fearful to return to their homes, following a strong earthquake and over 180 aftershocks.

Hundreds of supporters gathered outside Silivri prison, west of Istanbul, where the hearing was taking place.