"According to the data, we can say that our citizens have shown the reflection of their trust in us," said the incumbent mayor.

Mass voting by security officers who were relocated fro other provinces is reported throughout the country's predominantly Kurdish-populated regions.

Devrim Demir was hospitalized after the incident.

DEM Party officials claim that thousands of police and military officers are casting votes in Kurdish cities where they were relocated in order to affect the outcome of the elections.

The church in Sivas was put on sale on a real estate website. George Aslan, Turkey's only Christian MP, questioned the validity of ownership claims.

Two internationally sought criminals have been apprehended in İstanbul.

The women workers were dismissed after unionizing. After enduring months of protests marred by incidents of police violence, they undertook a march to Ankara to engage in discussions with officials from the ministry.

Sirman was detained because an individual she interviewed for her research was under "technical surveillance" by the police.

Twenty-three workers were injured yesterday after a a bus transporting workers of them overturned on the highway.

Vezir Mohammad Nourtani, a 50-year-old Afghan working in an unlicensed coal mine, was seriously injured when a wagon used to extract coal struck him. The owners of the mine and their accomplices, instead of trying to save Nourtani's life, waited for him to die and then burned his body.

Projections for the mid-century indicate a decrease in yield in Manisa and Denizli provinces, where Sultana grapes, accounting for about half of Turkey's total grape production, are cultivated.

Rainfall continued throughout the Diyarbakır Newroz, but it did not stop hundreds of thousands of people from flocking to the celebration area. Leyla Zana's messages of peace left a mark on the celebration.

"Lake Van is becoming increasingly polluted with each passing day. To the extent that trustees consider the removal of the accumulating sediment at the bottom as a service,” says ecologist Menekşe Kızıldere.

Rescue teams discovered the lifeless bodies of the workers.

Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in the Newroz Park, the traditional venue for the celebrations.

Kadir Özkaya was appointed to the top court by President Erdoğan in 2014. He was one of the 9 court members who ruled for a "violation of rights" verdict in the Can Atalay case, which led to a crisis between the country's two top judicial bodies.

According to a new study examining how the climate crisis will impact extreme weather events, Turkey is predicted to experience increasingly warmer and drier conditions.

We trailed alongside Meral Danış-Beştaş and Murat Çepni as they reached out to voters throughout the streets of Istanbul.

The region saw mass protests last summer to prevent the expansion of coal mining areas.

This year's celebrations, held under the slogan "Rabe dema azadî û serkeftinê ye - "Now is the time for freedom. Rise up", saw participation from all districts of İstanbul. However, police detained over 50 individuals due to restrictions on slogans and banners. A group of LGBTI+ individuals attempting to enter the rally area faced verbal and physical violence from the crowd.