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Security cooperation: Abdellatif Hammouchi on working visit to Turkey

Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance in Morocco, is carrying out a working visit to Turkey at the head of a high-level security delegation. His visit coincides with the International Security Equipment Fair (IGEF 2025), held from September 18 to 20......

Ocalan allowed to meet lawyers for the first time in six years

Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has been permitted to meet with his lawyers for the first time in six years, according to a statement released by his legal team on Wednesday. The Asrin Hukuk law office confirmed on social media that on September......

Tens of thousands protest in Ankara against crackdown on Turkish opposition

Tens of thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of Ankara on Sunday to denounce what they describe as an escalating legal assault on Turkey’s main opposition party. The protest came ahead of a crucial court ruling that could determine the future of the Republican People’s Party (CHP)......

New crackdown on opposition in Istanbul

Istanbul prosecutors ordered the arrest of 48 officials from the Bayrampasa municipality, a district led by the main opposition party, on Saturday, citing corruption charges, Anadolu state news agency reported. The mayor, Hasan Mutlu, elected from Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican......

Two police officers shot dead in station near Izmir

Two police officers were killed and another wounded on Monday in a shooting at a police station near the city of Izmir in western Turkey, according to local media reports. Private broadcaster NTV and the IHA news agency reported that a 16-year-old teenager was taken into custody shortly after the attack.......

Turkish opposition calls extraordinary congress amid judicial turmoil

Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), announced plans to hold an extraordinary congress on 21 September after a court removed its Istanbul leadership over alleged corruption, a party source told AFP on Saturday. The decision follows a legal challenge that annulled......

Enrico Macias concert banned in Turkey over support for Israel

Turkish authorities announced on Wednesday the cancellation of a concert by French singer Enrico Macias scheduled for Friday in Istanbul, following calls to protest against the artist due to his pro-Israel positions. The Istanbul Governorate stated in a press release that the decision aimed to prevent......

Turkey to close its airspace to Israeli aircraft amid escalating tensions

Turkey announced on Friday that it will close its airspace to Israeli aircraft and suspend all economic ties with Israel, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. The statement was delivered during an extraordinary session of the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, convened to discuss Israel’s......

Erdogan hails delivery of new “Iron Dome” air defense system

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described the handover of the country’s new “Iron Dome” air defense system as a “turning point for Turkey,” during a ceremony held on Wednesday in Ankara. The system, delivered to the Turkish Armed Forces by state-owned defense companies,......