Experts told Live Science it was probably the proto-Sinaitic script, which was invented about 4,000 years ago by Canaanite ...

But crowds in some cities have been chanting anti-government slogans and, in Istanbul, they hung banners of Imamoglu and the nation’s founding leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk alongside Turkish flags.

Istanbul streets flooded after Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest. Imamoglu, a key opposition figure, faces charges of corruption, fraud, and links to the PKK. Large crowds protested his arrest ...

The Turkish judicial authorities are seeking his extradition to serve the remainder of his sentence of 15 years and 10 months A 49-year-old man wanted by Interpol and serving a 20-year sentence by ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Live view from outside Istanbul’s City Hall after Turkish police arrested Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a popular ...

In 2024, most of the Turkic states agreed to use common Latin alphabet. Many observers agree that OTS has remarkable potential to exert considerable strategic, economic, and cultural influence in the ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul’s mayor — a popular opposition leader and key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — and several other prominent figures as ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has launched a huge crackdown to strengthen his grip on power by detaining his most serious political rival, raiding the homes of 106 opponents and banning ...

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Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival on Wednesday on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group, in what the main opposition party called "a ...

Ekrem Imamoglu speaks to supporters in Istanbul, January 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN. The Turkish lira took an immediate dive on Wednesday morning after the detention of the opposition’s ...