Kurdish mayor summoned to testify in terrorism investigation
Turkey
August 21, 2019
Kurdish mayor summoned to testify in terrorism investigation
Ayhan Bilgen, the co-mayor of Kars from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), announced on Tuesday that he had been…
Turkey will not move observation post in northwest Syria: minister
World
August 21, 2019
Turkey will not move observation post in northwest Syria: minister
Turkey will not move the military observation post in northwest Syria that a Turkish convoy was trying to reach when…
Turkish journalist detained on terrorism charges
Turkey
August 21, 2019
Turkish journalist detained on terrorism charges
Ayşegül Tözeren, a columnist for the Evrensel daily and a poet, was detained by police early Tuesday on suspicion of…
37 percent of unemployed in Turkey aged between 15 and 24
Business
August 21, 2019
37 percent of unemployed in Turkey aged between 15 and 24
The Turkish Employment Agency’s (İŞKUR) unemployment data for the month of July showed that 37 percent of the 4 million…
Turkey’s housing sales fall 17.5 percent year-on-year in July: report
Business
August 20, 2019
Turkey’s housing sales fall 17.5 percent year-on-year in July: report
Turkish house sales fell 17.5 percent year-on-year in July, the seventh consecutive month of declines, according to official data released…
6 journalists detained amid protests against removal of Kurdish mayors
Turkey
August 20, 2019
6 journalists detained amid protests against removal of Kurdish mayors
Six journalists in Mardin and Diyarbakır were taken into police custody while following protests against the government removal of three…
Residents of 56 pct of Turkish provinces subjected to polluted air: report
Turkey
August 20, 2019
Residents of 56 pct of Turkish provinces subjected to polluted air: report
The people in more than half of Turkey’s 81 provinces — 56 percent — breathed polluted air last year, according…
CoE says removal of mayors undermines functioning of local democracy in Turkey
World
August 20, 2019
CoE says removal of mayors undermines functioning of local democracy in Turkey
Anders Knape, president of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, on Tuesday expressed grave…
Turkey notified of attacks on HTS militants in Idlib: Lavrov
World
August 20, 2019
Turkey notified of attacks on HTS militants in Idlib: Lavrov
Turkey has been notified about attacks on Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) militants in Syria’s Idlib region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei…
503 forest fires scorch 1,344 acres of Turkish land in a month: report
Turkey
August 20, 2019
503 forest fires scorch 1,344 acres of Turkish land in a month: report
Turkey has experienced 503 forest fires in the last month, according to the Habertürk news website, destroying 1,344 hectares of…