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Erdoğan on interest rate hike: My patience has limits

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reacted angrily on Friday to a crucial interest rate hike announced by the country’s central bank, stating that his...

Turkish Cypriots investigating 15 Greek Cypriot intel agents in espionage case

Turkish Cypriot officials are investigating 15 Greek Cypriots whose names were found in the notebook of a self-confessed spy, the Hürriyet Daily News reported. Mehmet...

Erdoğan appoints son-in-law’s ‘thesis writer’ to Wealth Fund board

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed Professor Erişah Arıcan, who allegedly wrote the Ph.D. thesis of Erdoğan's son-in-law and Treasury and Finance Minister...

Number of unemployed in Turkey rises to 2.7 million

The number of people in Turkey who were unemployed as of the end of August rose to 2,751,000 according to data from the Turkish...

Hürriyet parts ways with veteran columnist Akyol

The Hürriyet daily, once considered the flagship of the Doğan Media Group, which was sold to the Demirören Group in March, has parted ways...

Erdoğan’s chief press advisor appointed ambassador to the Vatican

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief press advisor, Lütfullah Göktaş, has been appointed as Turkey’s new ambassador to the Vatican, the state-run Anadolu news...

Court rules to keep woman in prison who insulted Atatürk

A Turkish court on Thursday ruled for a continuation of the imprisonment of a woman who was arrested for allegedly insulting Atatürk, the founder...

WHO study ranks Turkey first in obesity in Europe with 32 percent

Turkey leads Europe in obesity with 32.1 percent of its population obese, according to a study conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO). In Europe,...

Turkey’s Ministry of Education to stop sending grad students to the US

The Turkish Ministry of Education will no longer grant scholarships to students pursuing graduate studies at US universities, the Yeni Şafak daily reported on...

TV anchorman testifies to prosecutor over allegations of insulting President Erdoğan

Turkey’s Fox TV anchorman Fatih Portakal testified to a prosecutor on Thursday as part of an investigation launched over tweets criticizing censorship of a...

Kanter in Time magazine: I was with Gülen on coup night, he was as shocked as we were

Professional basketball league (NBA) star Enes Kanter wrote an article for Time magazine saying that he was with Fethullah Gülen at his home in...

Top court rejects application demanding opening of Hagia Sophia to Muslim prayer

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an application which claimed that failing to open the country’s historic Hagia Sophia museum to Muslim prayer violates freedom...

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