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Turkey arrests founder of cryptocurrency exchange ThodexF

Thodex, suspected of having fled Turkey with the assets of his clients, arrived in Istanbul on Thursday after his extradition from Albania and was immediately taken into custody, officials said. Fugitive businessman Faruk Fatih Ozer is suspected of having fled Turkey...

Turkish banks abandon use of Russia’s card payment system MirF

By Fulya Ozerkan: Turkey's booming wartime trade with Moscow took a giant step back on Wednesday with confirmation that the last three banks still processing Russian card payments were pulling out under pressure from Washington. The decision follows weeks of...

Turkey raids Syrian army outpost in northern SyriaF

Turkish raids in northern Syria on Sunday struck outposts operated by the Syrian army and Kurdish-led forces, killing three, a Britain-based war monitor said. The raids near the Kurdish-held border town of Kobane targeted positions of the Syrian army and the Syrian...

Turkey: Anti-LGBTQ rally held in IstanbulF

Hundreds of people attended an anti-LGBTQ rally Sunday in Istanbul, answering a call from dozens of conservative associations, an AFP photographer reported. Bearing banners with slogans such as "protect your family and your generation", participants urged a ban on...

Turkey: Erdogan administration investigates Istanbul mayorF

Turkey's interior ministry has launched a probe into the Istanbul mayor over his opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's dream of building an alternative to the Bosphorus Strait, the mayor's spokesman said Monday. Erdogan argues that the new Istanbul canal,...

Turkey sees rough times ahead with a Biden presidencyF

With Joe Biden, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will probably be unable to influence US policy with a simple phone call, as he had occasionally done with Donald Trump. But that does not mean the US president-elect will push Turkey away, instead hoping to...

Turkey says suicide bomber in Hatay is PKK militantF

A suspected Kurdish militant blew themselves up Monday in a suspected suicide bomb attack in southern Turkey, security sources said. An explosion occurred in the town of Iskenderun in the southern province of Hatay on Monday evening, which the local governor blamed on...

Turkey-France’s diplomatic tension escalatesF

France on Saturday said it was recalling its envoy to Turkey for consultations after comments by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggesting French counterpart Emmanuel Macron needed a mental health check-up that Paris condemned as unacceptable.  France and its...

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