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Greece to buy 50 drones from Turkish manufacturer: report
July 30, 2020
Greece to buy 50 drones from Turkish manufacturer: report
A private Turkish drone manufacturer has won a contract to sell a batch of 50 miniature tactical drones to the…
Turkish major in US arrested for drugging, tying up woman who died in his apartment: report
July 30, 2020
Turkish major in US arrested for drugging, tying up woman who died in his apartment: report
Hüseyin Kurtdere, 39, a major in the Turkish military and Turkey’s senior national representative to the US Central Command, has…
Turkish bar association president briefly detained after ‘resisting police’ at restaurant
July 30, 2020
Turkish bar association president briefly detained after ‘resisting police’ at restaurant
Ekrem Dönmez, head of the Hatay Bar Association, was briefly detained by the police while dining with his family at…
Turkey’s public institutions to devise domestic messaging apps to replace foreign versions
July 30, 2020
Turkey’s public institutions to devise domestic messaging apps to replace foreign versions
The Turkish Presidency’s Office for Digital Transformation has drafted a regulation for public institutions, forbidding public officials from using foreign-made…
Turkish court rejects appeal of regulation transferring administration of municipal companies to city councils
July 29, 2020
Turkish court rejects appeal of regulation transferring administration of municipal companies to city councils
Turkey’s Council of State has rejected an appeal for a stay of execution of a Ministry of Commerce regulation authorizing…
Turkey denies allegations of supporting anti-gov’t protestors in Lebanon
July 29, 2020
Turkey denies allegations of supporting anti-gov’t protestors in Lebanon
The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denied allegations by Lebanese politicians who claimed that Ankara supported street protests in Lebanon,…
Turkey’s central bank sharply raises yearend inflation forecast: report
July 29, 2020
Turkey’s central bank sharply raises yearend inflation forecast: report
Turkey’s central bank sharply raised its end-year inflation forecast to 8.9 percent on Wednesday, after three months of price rises…
HRW urges Turkish gov’t to investigate claims over night watchmen abuses
July 29, 2020
HRW urges Turkish gov’t to investigate claims over night watchmen abuses
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called on the Turkish government to investigate “serious abuses” allegedly committed by police and neighborhood…
Former UK ambassador to Turkey named new MI6 chief: report
July 29, 2020
Former UK ambassador to Turkey named new MI6 chief: report
Richard Moore, the former UK ambassador to Turkey, has been named the new head of the country’s intelligence agency, MI6,…
6 more Turkish lawmakers test positive for COVID-19
July 29, 2020
6 more Turkish lawmakers test positive for COVID-19
Six members of the Turkish parliament have tested positive for COVID-19, raising the number of infected lawmakers to 11, the…