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Turkey’s current account deficit reaches $5.15 billion in February

Turkey's current account registered a deficit of $5.15 billion in February, more than double the amount in the same month last year, data from...

Erdoğan’s son-in-law sues journalist, newspaper over drone sales reports

Selçuk Bayraktar, the chief technical officer of Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle producer Baykar who is also the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has...

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog imposed $3.7 million in fines on media organizations in 2021

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), imposed 1,661 fines on media organizationsin 2021, totaling TL 55.8 million ($3.7 million), yet...

Electricity, natural gas cut off for 4.5 million in Turkey last year due to unpaid bills

Amid the rapidly rising cost of energy, 4.5 million people in Turkey had their electricity and natural gas supplies cut off in 2021 due...

[OPINION] Following COVID-19 and overshadowed by Ukraine: France’s presidential election

Ali Dinçer* This Sunday, the French will cast their ballots for the first round of their presidential election, which comes after Emmanuel Macron’s turbulent, five-year-term...

Number of Turkish billionaires on Forbes’ list drops by 3 in 2022

Forbes has listed 24 Turks among a total of 2,668 billionaires in its 36th annual ranking of the planet’s richest people, down from 27...

20 former public servants detained over alleged Gülen links in İstanbul

Turkish police teams on Friday detained 20 former public servants in raids in İstanbul due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, the...

Opposition leader prevented from questioning Turkey’s high meat prices at state agency

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), was denied entry to the headquarters of the Meat and Milk Board...

Malta customs seizes 800 kg of cocaine in ship en route to Turkey from Colombia

Customs officials in Malta have seized 800 kilograms of cocaine on a ship that was en route to the southern Turkish province of Mersin...

Turkish Parliament spent $520K on electricity in first 2 months of 2022 as ‘commercial user’

Considered a commercial user, the Turkish Parliament was billed TL 7.6 million ($520,407) for electricity usage in the first two months of 2022, the Sözcü...

Turkish, British, Italian defence ministers to discuss Ukraine in İstanbul

The defense ministers of Turkey, Britain and Italy will meet in İstanbul on Friday to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and security ties between...

[ANALYSIS] Does Turkey need to revise its naval strategy for the Black Sea?

Fatih Yurtsever* Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 and subsequent military developments have significantly altered the geopolitical landscape in the Black Sea region. The...

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