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Turkey averaged six earthquakes an hour in 2025, one of its most seismically active years on record
Of these earthquakes, most were harmless, but several were strong enough to deal structural damage to buildings or other property.
Turkey detains 357 Islamic State suspects nationwide after three police officers killed
Turkey detains 115 suspected Islamic State members believed planning Christmas and New Year attacks
Jews attacked en route to Hanukkah candle lighting at Istanbul synagogue
Passengers thrown off plane in Israel for sharing plane crash pictures - report
The photos included an image of US Airways Flight 1549, which made an emergency landing in the Hudson River, along with the phrase "I hope we all die" written in Arabic.
Thousands protest against conviction of Istanbul mayor
A court convicted the mayor to two years and seven months in prison and a political ban for calling public officials "fools" in 2019.
Turkish court orders jail, political ban for Erdogan rival
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was tried over a speech after the 2019 local elections in Istanbul in which he called public officials "fools."
Turkey arrests 44 for alleged ties to a Mossad operation
The arrested suspects, members of a consulting company operating out of Istanbul, were allegedly secretly following Palestinian citizens, institutions and non-governmental organizations in Turkey.
It's clear that Turkey has imposed Islamic rule on both its domestic and foreign policies - opinion
By now it must be apparent that Turkey has joined forces with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi, China’s Xi Jinping and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman.
With attacks on Kurds, Erdogan aims to weaken opposition ahead of election
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed Kurdish groups for a deadly bombing in Istanbul that took the lives of six people and wounded dozens.
Turkey strikes Kurdish groups in Iraq, Syria after Istanbul explosion
Turkey blamed the PKK and YPG for a deadly explosion in Istanbul, a charge the group has denied.
Bulgaria charges five people in connection with Istanbul blast
Three men of Moldovan origin and a man and woman of Syrian Kurdish descent were detained earlier this week by Bulgarian special police forces.
Turkish 'sex cult' leader sentenced to 8,658 years in prison
The court sentenced Oktar to 891 years for charges placed against him directly, but was also found responsible for crimes committed by his acolytes, wracking up his total sentence to 8,658 years.
Questions remain after the Istanbul attack - analysis
The bomb went off at 4 p.m. on Istiklal Street in Istanbul, a popular pedestrian street. The terrorist was detained at 2:50 a.m., around 10 hours afterward.
