23.2 C
Frankfurt am Main

CATEGORY

National

Turkish journalist jailed for 201 days convicted but released at first hearing

Turkish journalist Furkan Karabay was convicted Tuesday and sentenced to more than four years in prison but was released due to time served at...

Turkish prosecutors close investigation into rape allegations involving 2 Ukrainian orphans

Turkish prosecutors have closed an investigation into allegations that two Ukrainian orphans, then aged 15 and 16, were repeatedly raped and impregnated by Turkish...

Turkey says tanker sailing from Russia reports attack

Turkey on Tuesday said a tanker reported coming under attack in the Black Sea on its way from Russia to Georgia, days after two...

‘External explosions’ damaged Russia-linked Turkish tanker off Senegal, manager says

A Turkish-managed oil tanker that had previously called at Russian ports was hit by four “external explosions” while at anchor last week off the...

Youth exodus grows in Turkey as soaring costs, bleak job prospects push many to leave

Turkey is experiencing a rising wave of youth emigration as students say they can no longer see a future in a country, where the...

Jailed PKK leader warns ‘coup mechanics’ will kick in if peace talks collapse

The jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has warned that Ankara’s renewed peace efforts with the group “must succeed,” saying that...

Turkey’s Kızılelma combat drone completes first radar-guided missile strike

Turkey’s stealth combat drone Kızılelma successfully shot down an airborne target using a radar-guided, beyond-visual-range missile in a test flight over the Black Sea,...

Former Turkish national footballer indicted on charges of ISIL membership

Former Turkey youth international Yusuf Atay has been indicted on charges of membership in a terrorist organization due to his alleged links to the...

Pope Leo meets father of Turkish-Italian boy killed by teenagers in İstanbul

Pope Leo XIV, who paid a four-day visit to Turkey last week, met on Sunday with an Italian chef whose 15-year-old son was stabbed...

Despite rain, large crowd turns out for Pope Leo’s Mass in İstanbul

Thousands of worshippers battled the rain to join Pope Leo XIV as he celebrated Mass in İstanbul on Saturday, the last full day of...

PKK calls on Turkey to release Öcalan to move peace process forward

A senior executive of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) told Agence France-Presse that the group will take no further steps in its peace...

Lottery ticket sellers say the business is dying because ‘Turkey turned into a casino’

Street vendors selling lottery tickets in İzmir say demand for the New Year draw has collapsed, blaming the rise of online gambling and the...

Latest news