Turkey's annual inflation rate ticked up slightly in November, the state statistics agency said on Monday, showing further signs of levelling off following a series of sharp interest rate hikes. The rate moved to 61.98 percent last month from 61.36 percent in October,...
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Turkey’s opposition fractures ahead of March polls
By Dmitry Zaks: Turkey's main opposition party lost a crucial ally Monday in its bid to form a united front against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling coalition in high-stakes March municipal polls. The secular opposition joined forces in landmark 2019 elections...
Turkish leader issues strong rebuke of Israel as death toll in Gaza rises
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called Israel a "terror state", stepping up his condemnation of the spiralling civilian toll of its war against Hamas militants in Gaza. Erdogan's latest -- and one of the most heated -- verbal attacks against Israel...
Turkey welcomes Palestinian cancer patients after they entered Egypt
More than two dozen Palestinian cancer patients, who had crossed from Gaza into Egypt, arrived in Turkey for treatment in the early hours of Thursday, Turkey's Anadolu agency reported. Two planes carrying the patients, many of them children, landed at Ankara airport...
Ukraine circumvents Russia’s blockade, ships grains via NATO countries
The first grain ship to sail from Ukraine since Russia reimposed its Black Sea blockade in July reached Istanbul on Thursday, marine traffic monitors said. Ukrainian officials said the Palau-flagged Resilient Africa vessel was carrying 3,000 tonnes of wheat when it...
Turkey: Istanbul’s popular opposition mayor faces fresh trial
By Dmitry Zaks: Istanbul's popular opposition mayor went on trial Thursday on fresh corruption charges that could further cloud his hopes of succeeding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ekrem Imamoglu has turned into one of Erdogan's most outspoken and openly ambitious...
Turkey’s opposition fractures ahead of March polls
By Dmitry Zaks: Turkey's main opposition party lost a crucial ally Monday in its bid to form a united front against...
Turkish leader issues strong rebuke of Israel as death toll in Gaza rises
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called Israel a "terror state", stepping up his condemnation of...
Turkey welcomes Palestinian cancer patients after they entered Egypt
More than two dozen Palestinian cancer patients, who had crossed from Gaza into Egypt, arrived in Turkey for treatment...
Ukraine circumvents Russia’s blockade, ships grains via NATO countries
The first grain ship to sail from Ukraine since Russia reimposed its Black Sea blockade in July reached Istanbul on...
Turkish drone strike allegedly kills Kurdish counter-terrorism officers
Iraq's President Abdel Latif Rashid condemned on Tuesday "repeated Turkish attacks", a day after a drone strike on a...
Turkey: Istanbul’s popular opposition mayor faces fresh trial
By Dmitry Zaks: Istanbul's popular opposition mayor went on trial Thursday on fresh corruption charges that could...
Sweden eager to get NATO bases even before membership
Sweden, whose NATO membership bid is currently blocked, is ready to welcome temporary NATO bases on its soil even...
Turkish Airlines set for major fleet expansion
The chairman of Turkish Airlines said Monday that the company will make a final decision on plans for a...
Turkey: 16-year-old boy arrested for drawing mustache to president’s image
Turkish authorities on Tuesday seized and jailed a 16-year-old youth for drawing a moustache on an election campaign...
Turkish currency continues to lose value vs. US dollar
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Turkiye: Turkish media watchdog punished pro-opposition TV channels
Turkey's journalists' association on Wednesday criticised fines imposed by the country's media regulator on four...
Turkey: Withdrawal of third-party candidate in Turkish election not good news for Erdogan
By Dmitry Zaks: Third-party candidate Muharrem Ince on Thursday withdrew from Turkey's tight presidential election in...
Sweden still needs Turkey and Hungary’s approval to join NATO
Washington on Wednesday urged Turkey and Hungary to quickly ratify Sweden's NATO membership bid, which has been...
US Supreme Court rejects claim of sovereign immunity by Turkish bank Halkbank
The US Supreme Court rejected Wednesday the claim of sovereign immunity by a Turkish bank accused of violating Iran...
Turkey arrests founder of cryptocurrency exchange Thodex
Thodex, suspected of having fled Turkey with the assets of his clients, arrived in Istanbul on Thursday after his...
French cement giant Lafarge accused of supporting “terror groups”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he warned France about the cement company Lafarge's ties to terror...
Turkey experiences out-of-control inflation, soaring prices
By Fulya Ozerkan Turkish inflation jumped to a new 24-year high exceeding 83 percent in September, official data...
Turkish banks abandon use of Russia’s card payment system Mir
By Fulya Ozerkan: Turkey's booming wartime trade with Moscow took a giant step back on Wednesday with confirmation...
Turkey cuts interest rate for second month despite soaring inflation
Turkey's central bank on Thursday cut its policy rate for the second straight month despite an annual inflation rate...
Turkey to use rubles to pay for some of the gas imported from Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday Turkey would pay for a quarter of its Russian natural gas imports in...
Turkey raids Syrian army outpost in northern Syria
Turkish raids in northern Syria on Sunday struck outposts operated by the Syrian army and Kurdish-led forces, killing...
Turkey: Anti-LGBTQ rally held in Istanbul
Hundreds of people attended an anti-LGBTQ rally Sunday in Istanbul, answering a call from dozens of conservative...
Turkish president Erdogan announces prisoner swap between Russia and Turkey
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to swap 200 prisoners in one of the largest exchanges of the seven-month war, Turkish...
Turkey: Two road accidents in Turkey claim dozens of lives
At least 34 people were killed and dozens injured in two separate road accidents Saturday, each in places where...
Turkey cuts taxes on basic foods, Fitch downgrades Turkey to ‘B+’ amid spiraling inflation
Fitch downgrades Turkey to 'B+' Fitch Ratings on Friday downgraded Turkey's debt from BB- to B+ with a negative...
Spy story: Israeli businessman saved by Turkish spies
Turkish spies thwarted a plot orchestrated by Iran to kill an Israeli-Turkish businessman based in Istanbul, a...
Turkey: Former Turkish Olympic swimmer in trouble for tweeting about Erdogan’s Covid infection
Turkish prosecutors on Monday issued an arrest warrant for a former Olympic swimmer over tweets appearing to express...
Turkey: Erdogan accuses West of making Ukraine crisis ‘worse’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the West of making the Russia-Ukraine crisis "worse" and slammed US ...
Turkish President Erdogan tests positive for Covid-19
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday he had tested positive for Covid-19 but was not experiencing...
Turkey says 12 migrants blocked by Greece die at border
By Dmitry Zaks Turkey on Wednesday accused neighbouring Greece of allowing 12 migrants to die in the winter cold after...
Turkey: Armenia and Turkey resume first flights in two years
Historic rivals Turkey and Armenia on Wednesday resumed their first commercial flights in two years as part of...
Turkey: Turkish lira hits record low against dollar
The Turkish lira sank to a record low against the dollar on Thursday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired three...
Turkey battling raging fires destroying pristine lands on the Med and Aegean coasts
By Kadir Demir: Roaring blazes encircled a Turkish thermal power plant Tuesday and forced farmers to herd panicked...
Turkey: EU sends help to Turkey as wildfire toll reaches eight
By Kadir Demir The European Union sent help to Turkey on Monday and volunteers joined firefighters in battling a week...
Turkey: Seven Kurdish family members killed in central Turkey racist attack
Seven members of a Kurdish family were killed Friday in central Turkey by armed assailants who tried to burn their...
Turkey: Raging forest fires kill six, wounds hundreds
Fire crews tackled blazes for a fourth day as the number of people killed in forest fires sweeping through southern...
Turkey court sentences 22 to life for their alleged role in 2016 coup attempt
A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced 22 former soldiers to life in jail for their roles in a failed 2016 bid to oust...
Turkey – Sofagate: von der Leyen Turkish chair snub ruffles Brussels
A diplomatic faux pas that left EU chief Ursula von der Leyen without a chair as male counterparts took their seats at...
Turkey: Escalating tension between Turkey and Iran over Iraq
Turkey and Iran summoned each other's ambassadors on Sunday, Turkish and Iranian state media reported, escalating a...
Turkey accuses rights activists and RSF rep of terrorism
Turkey on Wednesday opened the retrial of the country's Reporters Without Borders (RSF) representative and two other...
Turkey: Controversial appointment of new university chief pivots to international affairs and LGBT issues
Turkey on Thursday rejected US criticism over mass detentions of students during a month of escalating protests,...
Greece and Turkey seek to appease tension with first direct talks in five years
Greece and Turkey bowed to EU pressure on Monday and locked horns in the first direct talks in nearly five years over...
Turkey seeking to ease tension with Europe, braces for new US administration
Facing a potentially hostile US administration, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is trying to break his...