At an altitude of 2,800 meters (over 9,185 feet), the Başkale district of the eastern province of Van hosts a military outpost defying the cold…
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Customs enforcement teams from the Ministry of Trade intercepted an attempt to smuggle an endangered baby gorilla via Istanbul Airport. According to a statement from…
New details have emerged regarding American Natural History Museum Director Lorenzo Prendi, who was detained at Istanbul Airport while trying to smuggle scorpions and tarantulas…
A rare manuscript of the Qur’an, commissioned by Münire Sultan, the daughter of Sultan Abdülmecid I., fetched 114,300 pounds (approximately $144,000) at Sotheby’s Auction House…
An operation was carried out on Wednesday against individuals who smuggled python skins worth $20 million (TL 634.6 million) into Türkiye by disguising them as…
Some 123 suspects were detained in the successful culmination of a nationwide operation targeting organizers of immigrant smuggling, code-named “Kalkan-11,” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced…
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced the arrest of 58 suspects wanted by 18 countries under an Interpol Red Notice with the “Cage-28” operation carried out…
Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya announced Friday that 25,603 liters of smuggled and counterfeit alcohol and ethyl alcohol were seized in the ‘Çengel-4’ operations…
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced the successful execution of the “Çengel-3” operations, revealing the confiscation of approximately 1 million liters of smuggled fuel in a…
A Belgian tourist couple, Kim and Warre Mergits, who were detained in Türkiye’s tourist hub Antalya for attempting to smuggle three ancient historical stones believed…