Turkey

Turkish police detained the brother of convicted gang leader Sedat Peker on Sunday after Peker said he sent him on a failed mission to kill a Turkish Cypriot journalist 25 years ...

A Turkish court began the re-trial of philanthropist Osman Kavala and 15 others on Friday over their role in 2013 nationwide protests, an expanding case that critics and even Ankara’s Western ...

A gang leader’s video allegations of corruption among top officials has gripped millions of Turks, threatening to tarnish the image of a government already struggling with economic woes and ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said UEFA’s decision to move the Champions League final between English clubs Manchester City and Chelsea to Porto from Istanbul was political. “A couple of ...

Russia‘s S7 Airlines on Tuesday joined Aeroflot in its decision to cancel flights to Turkey this summer as they await a government decision to lift flight restrictions introduced over ...

Turkey and China have managed to further develop and diversify their growing trade relationship despite the Covid-19 pandemic as they celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties this year. The ...

Twenty-seven per cent of Turkish residents are found to be living at near -starvation levels, according to independent researcher MetroPOLL’s monthly survey for April, The survey found that about 27 ...

Turkey criticised Israel and accused it of unleashing “terror” on Palestinians after Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades towards rock-hurling Palestinian youth at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque late ...

Turkey’s central bank announced in a press release on Thursday that it chose to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 19 per cent, in a move widely anticipated by ...

“Turkey Unlimited. Now available without Turks,” reads a mock tourism advert on social media, poking fun at the sight of foreign tourists roaming quiet streets while most Turks are confined ...

Consumer inflation (CPI) in Turkey rose 1.68 per cent monthly in April and annual inflation rose to 17.14 per cent, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) announced on Monday. Annual inflation has now ...

Turkish police detained 212 demonstrators after scuffles broke out at May Day marches on Saturday amid a coronavirus-related curfew, according to the Istanbul governor’s office and Reuters witnesses. Riot police ...

The Turkish government’s decision to ban alcohol sales during a 17-day COVID-19 lockdown that started on Thursday has angered some secular Turks who see it as President Tayyip Erdogan’...

UEFA has offered assurances that next month’s Champions League final in Istanbul will take place as planned despite Turkey’s rising number of Covid-19 cases. Turkey is preparing to ...

Turkey has signed a deal for 50 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine that will start arriving next month and should help address a short-term fall in supply, ...

Some of Turkey’s biggest banks are reluctant to finance President Tayyip Erdogan’s planned Istanbul canal due to environmental concerns and the investment risks hanging over the massive construction ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged U.S. President Joe Biden to swiftly reverse his declaration that 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, an action he said was ...

The European Union’s first female chief executive vowed on Monday to fight for women’s rights after she was denied a chair during a meeting in Ankara with Turkey’...

Deepening the European Union’s relationship with Turkey will be difficult as long as authoritarianism continues under Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, the head of the European Council said on Monday. “...

U.S. President Joe Biden’s declaration that massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide is “simply outrageous” and Turkey will respond over coming months, Turkey‘s presidential ...

Turkey’s foreign ministry said it summoned the U.S. Ambassador to Ankara over President Joe Biden’s recognition of the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as a ...

Turkish authorities have blocked the onshore bank accounts of Vebitcoin and detained four people as part of an investigation into the cryptocurrency exchange platform, a local prosecutor said on Saturday. ...

By Humeyra Pamuk U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that he intends to recognize the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide, ...

Turkey‘s membership negotiations to join the European Union should be formally suspended if Ankara continues on its autocratic track, EU lawmakers said on Friday, saying a decision was urgent ...