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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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: 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 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: 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: 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,...
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...
Turkey rolls out China’s Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stripped down to a black t-shirt and got vaccinated on Thursday as the nation...
Pompeo’s pointless trip to Turkey: no one listens to him anymore
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a fraught visit to Istanbul on Tuesday that included no official meetings and...