Turkey
Turkey’s troubled tourism sector faces critical week as borders reopen: report
Business
June 22, 2020
Turkey’s troubled tourism sector faces critical week as borders reopen: report
Turkey’s Mediterranean coasts and historic attractions face a critical week as the government presses to open borders and salvage at…
Police block Turkish lawyers marching to Ankara to protest gov’t meddling in bar associations
Turkey
June 22, 2020
Police block Turkish lawyers marching to Ankara to protest gov’t meddling in bar associations
Turkish police stopped dozens of senior lawyers marching to the capital of Ankara on Monday to protest a bill governing…
Turkey’s consumer confidence stays in pessimistic territory in June: report
World
June 22, 2020
Turkey’s consumer confidence stays in pessimistic territory in June: report
Turkey’s consumer confidence index edged up to 62.6 points in June from 59.5 the previous month, remaining deep in pessimistic…
Turkey arrests 438 detainees in İzmir-based probes into military members in last 7 months
Turkey
June 22, 2020
Turkey arrests 438 detainees in İzmir-based probes into military members in last 7 months
Turkish courts in the past half year have arrested 438 suspects out of 847 detainees who were taken into police…
Turkey’s Russian nuclear power project hits legal hurdle
World
June 21, 2020
Turkey’s Russian nuclear power project hits legal hurdle
Russia’s $20 billion nuclear power project located in Mersin on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast has long come under fire over safety…
Turkey denies it harassed French vessel in the Mediterranean: report
World
June 21, 2020
Turkey denies it harassed French vessel in the Mediterranean: report
Turkey has denied its ships harassed a French vessel that was part of NATO mission in the Mediterranean Sea, Bloomberg…
Turkish lawyers launch ‘Defense March’ against gov’t meddling
Turkey
June 21, 2020
Turkish lawyers launch ‘Defense March’ against gov’t meddling
Eighty heads of bar associations across Turkey launched a march to Ankara on Saturday against attempts by the Turkish government…
Orthodox group begs Trump to ‘save’ Hagia Sophia from mosque conversion
World
June 21, 2020
Orthodox group begs Trump to ‘save’ Hagia Sophia from mosque conversion
An Orthodox group has sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump calling on him to intervene to prevent Turkey…
Drugs, terror, and the deep state: why Turkey’s casinos might be making a comeback
World
June 21, 2020
Drugs, terror, and the deep state: why Turkey’s casinos might be making a comeback
Gambling has a rich history in Turkey, but casinos were only legalised in the 1980s under prime minister Turgut Özal.…
Turkey and Egypt could be heading for war in Libya – columnist
World
June 21, 2020
Turkey and Egypt could be heading for war in Libya – columnist
Turkey and Egypt could be heading for conflict in Libya, where they back opposing sides in the country’s war, columnist…