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Turkey’s central bank keeps main interest rate at 17 percent

Turkey's central bank on Thursday kept its main interest rate steady at 17 percent after two consecutive hikes aimed at slowing down inflation and...

Wary EU eyes improved Turkey ties as foreign minister visits Brussels

The EU's top diplomat on Thursday welcomed Turkey's foreign minister as Brussels presses Ankara to make good on recent gestures from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Erdoğan blocks news about himself, his family, his senior officials: report

Forty-two percent of news reports blocked in Turkey between November 2019 and October 2020 are related to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his family...

Turkey reaches 1 million mark in vaccinations amid preferential access debate

More than 1 million people in Turkey have been vaccinated against the coronavirus thus far despite debates over politicians and celebrities’ early and preferential...

2,340 academics lend support to Boğaziçi protests in joint statement

A total of 2,340 academics from more than 50 countries have signed a joint statement demanding academic freedom for Boğaziçi University students and faculty...

Turkey’s post-coup crackdown leaves 2 more children separated from parents

Ekrem, a one-and-a-half-year-old toddler, and his four-year-old sister Zülal became separated from not just one but both their parents when their mother was arrested...

Turkey sends pro-Kurdish deputy to pretrial detention in terrorism trial

Amid an ongoing crackdown on Kurdish politicians in Turkey, a court has ruled for the arrest and pretrial detention of a former deputy from...

Ex-footballer Hakan Şükür’s father given jail sentence over Gülen links

The father of Turkey’s best-known footballer, ex-international Hakan Şükür, has been given a prison sentence of three years, 45 days on charges of aiding...

Turkey punishes Twitter, Pinterest over new ‘censorship’ law

Turkey on Tuesday hit Twitter, Pinterest and Periscope with advertising bans after they failed to follow Facebook and appoint a local representative to take...

ECtHR rules Turkey violated rights of famous singer jailed on terrorism charges

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has said the rights of a famous singer and columnist who was jailed for 14 months in...

Even the pandemic failed to stem gun violence in Turkey, report reveals

Turkey saw a rise in the number of cases of gun violence in 2020 despite the pandemic that swept across the country, with 2,040...

Turkey orders detention of 238 military officers over alleged Gülen links

Detention warrants were issued for 238 active-duty and former military officers due to their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement and their use...

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