More than 1,000 imams in Germany are deployed and paid by the Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs, Diyanet. Germany wants to gradually replace them with German-trained clerics, but it will be a long process.

Journalist Kazım Kızıl, who was on the scene covering the fire in Gülderen, was subjected to aggressive threats from company employees.

Nil Ormanlı from the Association for Derivation Economy and Change.org Climate Project evaluated June 5 World Environment Day in the context of ecological destruction and struggles in Turkey.

In a major narcotics operation, Turkish authorities arrested nine individuals, including a Colombian cartel member, and seized 373 kilograms of cocaine in Istanbul and Bursa.

The last of the young protesters who were arrested while demonstrating against SOCAR's continued fuel shipments to Israel have finally been released from custody by the court.

Mehmet Sıddık Akış, the co-mayor of the Hakkari province and member of the pro-Kurdish DEM Party, was arrested by security forces and replaced by a government-appointed trustee.

Azim Deniz, the owner of Deniz Postası newspaper and Anadolu TV, was wounded in an armed attack in front of his house on February 5.

DEM Party Spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan was banned from boarding a flight at Istanbul Airport to attend the meeting of the Social Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Paris. The MP for the province of Şırnak, whose ban on traveling abroad was lifted in December 2023, was presented a “restriction” decision dated 2020.

On March 31, members of the Thousand Youths for Palestine organized a protest in front of the Istanbul headquarters of the Azeri state oil giant SOCAR for its complicity in the ongoing war in Gaza. Demonstrators threw red paint on the walls and entered the building breaking down the doors.

Last night, the Hakkari Municipality in southeastern Turkey was raided by police, leading to the detention of co-mayor Mehmet Sıddık Akış and the subsequent appointment of a government-appointed trustee.

The president has also hinted at the potential for military action, referencing previous operations targeting Kurdish-led groups in northern Syria.

Despite the restrictions that Ankara imposed over the Gaza war, exports of products such as iron, steel and cement to Israel continued in April.

The country would experience much less days of extreme heat in a hypothetical scenario without human-induced climate change, shows a study.

The activists were detained after the May Day celebrations where they chanted, "Murderous Israel, collaborator Erdoğan.”

The country has gained popularity among international students, particularly those from the Middle East, but it can present various challenges, from professors making derogatory comments about Syrians to needing to return to their home countries just because of a missing stamp in official documents.

The decision was contested by a local environmental group, which filed a lawsuit demanding a halt to mining activities in the region.

Dersim was a symbol of uprising and resistance against the assimilation policies of the young Turkish republic.

The demonstrators criticized the authorities' reluctance to take action against the drug problem that plagues a neighborhood inhabited by the Roma people.

The crackdown on leftist groups continues following the May Day events.

Delivery workers formed "justice convoys" in various cities in the wake of the murder of Ata Emre Akman, a university student who was working as a moto courier.