Turkey

By Yesim Dikmen and Mehmet Emin Caliskan A thick, slimy layer of so-called “sea snot” is spreading in Turkey’s Sea of Marmara to the south of Istanbul, posing a ...

An Istanbul prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday it launched an investigation into the murder of a Turkish Cypriot journalist 25 years ago, after a mob leader said last month the ...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias pledged on Monday to work to overcome the “serious differences” that remain with Turkey following a meeting with his counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu which aimed to ...

Greece reacted angrily late Sunday to a statement by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu that described members of a Muslim minority in northern Greece as Turkish and that said they ...

President Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated an imposing new mosque in Istanbul on Friday, fulfilling a decades-old goal and stamping a religious identity on the landmark Taksim Square in the heart of ...

Turkey pushed Nato allies into watering down an official reaction to the forced landing by Belarus of a passenger plane and the detention of a dissident journalist on Sunday, two ...

When Sedat Peker, a convicted Turkish mob boss, began posting videos on social media earlier this month in which he made uncorroborated claims of corruption, murder and drug running against ...

The Turkish lira, at 10.32 to the euro, 8.44 to the dollar at this writing, is under extreme stress, according to analysts. The currency is perilously close to its record low of 10.50 ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday dismissed mob boss Sedat Peker’s allegations of corruption and other crimes against his top officials and allies, and he defended the interior minister ...

Turkish organised crime boss Sedat Peker on Sunday released his seventh video in a scandalous series about government and organised crime that has garnered 70 million viewers, according to Social Blade. ...

Turkey may drill more boreholes in its search for gas in the eastern Mediterranean, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Monday, an area where its search and drilling operations led ...

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’...