Turkey
Turkey’s PMI maintains its negative trend for the 13th month in a row
May 2, 2019
Turkey’s PMI maintains its negative trend for the 13th month in a row
Turkey’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a survey of manufacturing sector managers on productivity, stood at 46.8 in April, marking the…
Protestors disrupt funeral of retired Turkish colonel who allegedly ordered torture in 1980s
April 30, 2019
Protestors disrupt funeral of retired Turkish colonel who allegedly ordered torture in 1980s
A group of Turks held a protest at the Monday funeral of retired Col. Raci Tetik, 88, the infamous Ankara…
Turkey’s top court to examine petitions of 10 convicted journalists
April 30, 2019
Turkey’s top court to examine petitions of 10 convicted journalists
Turkey’s Constitutional Court will on Thursday review the petitions of 10 journalists who were jailed in the aftermath of a…
Criminal complaint filed against British speaker who likened Atatürk to the devil
April 30, 2019
Criminal complaint filed against British speaker who likened Atatürk to the devil
The İstanbul Bar Association has filed a criminal complaint against Hamza Andreas Tzortzis, a British Muslim convert of Greek heritage…
Israel afraid of Turkey due to religious high school graduate administrators, says Erdoğan’s son
April 30, 2019
Israel afraid of Turkey due to religious high school graduate administrators, says Erdoğan’s son
Bilal Erdoğan, a son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said Israel is afraid of Turkey because Turkey is…
2 years on, Wikipedia still remains blocked in Turkey
April 30, 2019
2 years on, Wikipedia still remains blocked in Turkey
April 29 marked the second anniversary of a ban imposed by Turkish authorities on access to popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia,…
In Turkey, Syrian refugees no longer welcomed as economy teeters
April 28, 2019
In Turkey, Syrian refugees no longer welcomed as economy teeters
Media reports reveal that as Turkey’s economy gets worse and affects Turkish people’s purchasing power, the attitude toward the Syrian…
Legal action to be taken against passenger who swore at airport staff
April 28, 2019
Legal action to be taken against passenger who swore at airport staff
The passenger who rebuked an employee at Istanbul Airport on Thursday has been banned from the airline on which she…
More bathroom excesses of ruling party officials exposed by opposition mayors
April 28, 2019
More bathroom excesses of ruling party officials exposed by opposition mayors
Kurdish mayors have yet again revealed the lavish excesses, government-appointed administrators, with the latest case being that of an administrator…
Turkish court rejects opposition newspaper staff appeal against terror charges
April 28, 2019
Turkish court rejects opposition newspaper staff appeal against terror charges
Former staff of the mass-circulation Cumhuriyet daily, including journalists and executives, started going back to prison on Thursday, after their…