Turkey
Turkish coast guard rescues 14 migrants, searching for missing baby: report
Turkey
September 21, 2019
Turkish coast guard rescues 14 migrants, searching for missing baby: report
The Turkish coast guard on Friday rescued 14 illegal migrants and a suspected human trafficker off Turkey’s Aegean coast, but…
Turkey’s consumer confidence falls to 55.8 points in September
Business
September 21, 2019
Turkey’s consumer confidence falls to 55.8 points in September
Turkey’s consumer confidence index fell to 55.8 points in September, after rising to 58.3 points in August, data from the…
Turkey condemns Cyprus over natural gas exploration license
World
September 21, 2019
Turkey condemns Cyprus over natural gas exploration license
Turkey has condemned Cyprus’ announcement on Wednesday that a consortium composed of energy companies Total of France and Eni of…
Turkey orders detention of 74 military members in post-coup purge
Turkey
September 21, 2019
Turkey orders detention of 74 military members in post-coup purge
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday ordered the detention of 74 military members as part of a large-scale…
Locals loot Syrian shops after alleged child molestation in Turkey’s south
Turkey
September 21, 2019
Locals loot Syrian shops after alleged child molestation in Turkey’s south
A mob attacked shops that belong to Syrian refugees on Thursday night after rumors circulated that an 11-year-old boy was…
Jailed Kurdish leader’s release blocked by court order for rearrest
Turkey
September 21, 2019
Jailed Kurdish leader’s release blocked by court order for rearrest
The release from a Turkish jail of the former leader of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) was blocked after…
CPJ joins call to UN rights council for end to press crackdown in Turkey
Media Freedom
September 21, 2019
CPJ joins call to UN rights council for end to press crackdown in Turkey
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 12 other press freedom and freedom of expression organizations calling on the member states…
7 killed, 10 injured in roadside explosion in southeastern Turkey
Turkey
September 17, 2019
7 killed, 10 injured in roadside explosion in southeastern Turkey
At least seven people were killed and 10 others were seriously injured in an explosion in Turkey’s southeastern province of…
De Welt: Erdogan continues with his repressive policies and the EU is silent
Editor's Choice
September 15, 2019
De Welt: Erdogan continues with his repressive policies and the EU is silent
The German newspaper Die Welt that the European Union is still silent towards the policies of Turkish President Recep Tayyip…
Former PM Davutoğlu resigns from AKP but fails to launch new party: report
Turkey
September 14, 2019
Former PM Davutoğlu resigns from AKP but fails to launch new party: report
Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, once President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s closest ally, said on Friday he had resigned from…