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Nazım Tural
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‘Facing the past’ to build a future in peace
Looking at our country, we see severe traumas and sufferings stemming from its historical experiences and events, where nationalist-racist political preferences maintained a political system that prevented the culture of coexistence of differences.
7 February 2026
Nazım Tural
Evrim Kepenek & Berk H. Topaktaş
report
Three years on, Turkey still unprepared for major earthquakes, engineers warn
Weak regulations, inadequate planning, and profit-driven urban renewal continue to leave millions at risk, warns the Chamber of Engineers.
6 February 2026
Evrim Kepenek,Berk H. Topaktaş
Sixteen-year-old arrested in İzmir over hair braiding video
The arrest is linked to a widespread social media protest where women braided their hair in response to the desecration of a Kurdish woman fighter's body by forces affiliated with the Damascus government.
6 February 2026
Suspended Adana mayor released after first hearing of corruption case
Karalar was among several opposition mayors who were arrested and suspended from office in a series of sweeping corruption investigations.
6 February 2026
Tuğçe Yılmaz
reports
Forty-seven party members, journalists formally arrested on terror charges
Three journalists and two environmental activists are among those arrested.
6 February 2026
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Mustafa Yıldız
writes
Ahmet Türk's seat
An elected person is always unsettling for those in power. Their authority does not come from a superior, but from the people. And the people whisper the most dangerous sentence:
6 February 2026
Mustafa Yıldız
Opposition demands full investigation into Epstein’s possible Turkey ties
The CHP spokesperson submitted parliamentary questions to four cabinet ministers.
5 February 2026
Air pollution remains above legal limits in Turkey’s quake-hit provinces three years on
Particulate matter (PM10), a key indicator of air pollution, exceeded the ministry’s annual average limit of 40 micrograms per cubic meter by wide margins.
5 February 2026
Social media personality Mükremin Gezgin formally arrested in drug operation
LGBTI+ groups denounced the arrest, asserting that the operations do not target drug gangs but rather groups the government deems "inappropriate."
5 February 2026
Workers at Migros, one of Turkey’s largest retailers, protest near-zero raise
Over 140 striking workers were dismissed as the retail chain faces accusations of labor violations.
3 February 2026
Tuğçe Yılmaz
reports
Police detain 96 in raids targeting left-wing groups, media outlets
MP Çiçek Otlu linked the operation to the targeted groups' support for Syrian Kurds.
3 February 2026
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Hikmet Adal
reports
Teachers at İstanbul Italian high school strike over pay gap between local and Italian staff
Despite doing the same job and carrying the same workload, Turkish nationals are paid six times less than their Italian colleagues, teachers say.
2 February 2026
Hikmet Adal
Amedspor club fined over 'hair braiding' protest
Hair braiding protests emerged earlier this month after a fighter from forces linked to the Syrian interim government shared footage on social media showing the braided hair of a Kurdish woman fighter.
30 January 2026
Fidan meets US envoy ahead of Iranian foreign minister's visit
The foreign minister and the US envoy reportedly discussed the developments in Syria and Iran.
29 January 2026
'People's Caravan' detained on Greece-Turkey border
More than 200 people from 10 different countries joined the caravan to bring aid to Rojava.
29 January 2026
Publishing house faces 'financing terrorism' charge over royalties paid to detained writer
A publishing house representative has been placed under house arrest.
28 January 2026
Tülay Hatimoğulları
writes
Journey to life: Rojava at the intersection of emotional solidarity and emotional rupture
At a time when we are trying to heal the deep wounds and bleeding relationship between Turks and Kurds left from the 20th century, stop reopening those wounds and deepening the pain.
27 January 2026
Tülay Hatimoğulları
Tuğçe Yılmaz
writes
From applause to accusation: the Kurds and the shifting direction of emotions
The empire does not demand loyalty but conformity and obedience. When conformity is disrupted, that is, when the cost rises, those who were applauded yesterday can easily be declared “destabilizing.”
27 January 2026
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Ceme Nayir
reports
Oil shipments from Turkey's ports destined for other countries end up in Israel, report finds
Fifty-seven crude oil shipments identified in the study have never arrived at their officially declared destinations.
27 January 2026
Cemre Nayir
Crime ring dismantled over bread market monopoly attempt in Mersin
The group resorted to armed assaults on local producers in a bid to monopolize the lavash bread market in the city, according to authorities.
26 January 2026
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Kurdish man shot dead on balcony in southern Turkey during protest against Syria offensive
A gunman allegedly opened fire targeting pro-Kurdish protesters and shot a man standing on his balcony in the head, according to DEM deputies.
26 January 2026
Cihan Ekinci
writes
The aesthetic politics of Kurdish representation in Turkey
Without ending the metaphorization of the East, without moving beyond seeing Kurds as folkloric figures or tragic characters, true confrontation is not possible.
24 January 2026
Cihan Ekinci
Magnitude 5.1 earthquake shakes Turkey's west
Sındırgı experienced an earthquake swarm later last year.
24 January 2026
Ayşegül Başar
reports
Man tortured over alleged flag removal during Rojava protests; no such charge brought in court
The suspect, who was beaten by police officers after being linked to footage showing a flag being taken down, was recorded in the detention report as having "fallen from a tower." No charges related to the flag incident were brought against him during the hearing.
23 January 2026
Ayşegül Başar
Court deems local election alliance between Turkey’s main opposition, pro-Kurdish parties a ‘terrorist act’
The suspended mayor of İstanbul's Esenyurt district, who was elected as a result of the CHP-DEM cooperation, has been sentenced to prison for "being a member of a terrorist organization."
23 January 2026
Mustafa Yıldız
writes
Is Turkey winning in Damascus but losing in Diyarbakır?
If Turkey begins to use Damascus as a mirror when looking at its own Kurds, then that day it is not merely conducting a flawed foreign policy; that day, we will see that the internal contract of the Republic has in fact been broken.
23 January 2026
Mustafa Yıldız
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Ayşegül Başar
reports
Diyarbakır governor bans DEM Party rally to call for Öcalan’s release amid Syria tensions
Government ally Devlet Bahçeli previously said there was "nothing objectionable" about callig for the PKK leader's freedom.
22 January 2026
Ayşegül Başar
Five journalists among 22 detained in Mardin during Rojava protests
The detention period for the detained individuals have been extended for one day.
22 January 2026
Three former municipal officials sentenced to 10 years over deadly hotel collapse in 2023 quakes
Seventy-two people, including 24 minot athletes from Northern Cyprus, were killed in the collapse of Isias Hotel in Adıyaman.
21 January 2026
İstanbul bans moto couriers from traffic due to snowfall
Several accidents have been reported since the early hours of the day.
19 January 2026
İstanbul district mayor sent back to prison 48 hours after ‘risky’ surgery
Murat Çalık's lawyers filed an application with the court, arguing that environment lacks the hygiene and regular care essential for his recovery.
15 January 2026
Former volleyball player detained in İstanbul municipality corruption probe
Derya Çayırgan has been taken into custody as part of a sweeping investigation that targeted the CHP's İmamoğlu and many others.
15 January 2026
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