Judge Aslı Kahraman sustained serious injuries when Muhammet Çağatay Kılıçaslan, opened fire, hitting her in the groin, according to the domestic press. A judge was shot inside an Istanbul courthouse on Tuesday by her public prosecutor ex-husband, who was prevented from firing his gun a second time»»»

Muzaffer Yıldırım, the producer behind some of Türkiye’s biggest box-office hits, says Tom Barrack, the U.S. investor who later became Washington’s ambassador to Ankara, played a decisive role in rescuing his company at its most vulnerable moment. Yıldırım, founder of the Mars cinema chain and a ce»»»

A file picture of Mehmet Ali Agca after he was released from prison in 2010. (EPA Images pic) ISTANBUL: A man who attacked Pope John Paul II in 1981 was escorted from the Turkish town of Iznik on Thursday ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit there, Turkish media reported. In May 1981, Turkish national Meh»»»

An Ankara court on Monday released the detailed reasoning behind its earlier decision not to annul the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) 38th and 21st extraordinary congresses, saying there is “no longer any legal interest” in pursuing the case. In the 22-page report of the court, i»»»

The Libyan Embassy in Ankara has escalated its diplomatic engagement to secure the release of Libyan national Othman Al-Za’alouk, who has been held in custody by Turkish authorities for over a month in Istanbul. The embassy has called for his immediate release following the findings of an official »»»

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): Television footage showed a white-haired man approaching Ozel as he left the Ataturk Cultural Center in central Istanbul and hitting him in the face with his hand. The Istanbul Public Prosecutor's Office issued a statement saying that the suspect had been detained in this»»»

ANKARA, April 26 — Turkish authorities today detained 47 more members of the Istanbul municipality over accusations of corruption, broadcaster NTV and other media reported, amid a widening legal crackdown against the opposition and the city’s jailed mayor. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who is also»»»

Police in Istanbul detained 47 people Saturday in dawn raids linked to a corruption investigation that saw the city’s mayor imprisoned last month, leading to Türkiye's largest protests in more than a decade. Among those arrested in Istanbul, the neighboring province of Tekirdag and the capital, Ank»»»

ANKARA (Sputnik) - Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has been suspended from his duties after being arrest on corruption charges, the Turkish Interior Ministry said on Sunday. "Under Article 127 of the Constitution of Turkiye, Paragraph 47 of the law on municipalities, Number 5393, Imamoglu has been te»»»

ISTANBUL, Jan 23, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A fire at a ski resort in Turkey this week is now known to have killed 78 people, the justice ministry announced Thursday, saying all the victims had been identified. On Wednesday evening, the prosecutor's office in Bolu, the capital of the province where the trag»»»

ANKARA: At least 30 people have died in Istanbul over the past three days after drinking bootleg alcohol, Turkiye’s state-run news agency reported Thursday, as authorities intensified a crackdown on counterfeit drinks. The dead were among some 80 people who sought treatment in hospitals around Ista»»»