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 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: 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...
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...
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 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 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: 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: Cargo ship sinks in Black Sea, three dead
Three crew members died and three others are missing after a cargo ship sank in bad weather in the Black Sea off...