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Turkish youth disillusioned with current politicians, parties: pollster

The majority of Turkey’s youth distrusts the country’s politicians and feels a deep anxiety about its future, Bekir Ağırdır, president of the Konda polling company, has said. Speaking to...

Turkey’s intel agency received criminal notices in English, Arabic, Russian in 2019

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) received more than 40,000 criminal notices from various countries in 2019, with 2,286 in English, 1,427 in Arabic and 1,020 in...

İstanbul mayor criticized for family vacation after visiting scene of earthquake

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has attracted criticism from various political factions for vacationing with his family in Turkey’s eastern mountains days after a visit to Elazığ...

Ankara condemns Belgian verdict failing to call PKK a terrorist group

A Belgian federal appeals court verdict declaring that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) cannot be considered a terrorist organization has angered Ankara, which called the decision...

Erdoğan says Trump’s Middle East peace plan is ‘absolutely unacceptable’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lambasted US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace as “absolutely unacceptable” in comments published Wednesday, AFP reported. “Jerusalem is sacred for Muslims....

Outspoken Iranian rapper arrested in Turkey at Tehran’s request

Amir Tataloo, one of the most popular Iranians on social media and an outspoken critic of the regime in Tehran, was arrested on Tuesday as he...

HSBC mulling Turkey exit as part of cost-cutting measures: report

HSBC is considering exiting Turkey as part of broader cost-cutting measures under interim Chief Executive Noel Quinn, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The bank...

Turkey to evacuate 32 citizens from China due to virus outbreak

Turkey will evacuate 32 citizens and their families from China’s city of Wuhan, at the epicenter of a new virus outbreak, in the coming days, the...

Erdoğan says Russia violating agreement in Syria’s Idlib: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Ankara is losing patience with the military assault in Syria’s Idlib region, adding that Russia is violating agreements aimed...

Western gov’ts call on Turkey to reform judiciary, respect freedom of speech at human rights review

More than 10 Western governments urged Turkey to reform its judiciary to ensure its independence and to uphold freedom of expression during the third cycle of...

Former top US official worried Trump was granting personal favors to Turkey’s Erdoğan

John Bolton, former national security advisor to US President Donald Trump, in an unpublished manuscript said he had concerns last year that the president was granting personal...

Albanian court jails Turkish asylum seeker over fake visa

An Albanian court in Tirana has sentenced Turkish national Selami Şimşek to one year in prison for attempting to cross the Albanian border with a fake...

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