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Turkey’s central bank holds key interest rate steady at 50 percent

Turkey's central bank held its key interest rate steady on Thursday but warned it could hike it again as the country's soaring inflation remains...

Families of victims vow to continue fight after court convicts 9 over Çorlu train disaster

A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced nine railroad officials to varying prison terms in connection with a 2018 train derailment that killed 25 people...

US human rights report on Turkey is prejudiced, inaccurate, says foreign ministry

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has accused the US State Department of making unfounded, prejudiced and inaccurate accusations regarding the human rights situation in Turkey in...

Erdoğan snubs Islamist party leader at tea he hosted in parliament

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan refused to invite the leader of an Islamist opposition party to a tea he hosted for the leaders of...

Turkey again bans event to commemorate Armenian ‘genocide’ victims during WWI

The İstanbul Governor’s Office has again banned a commemoration ceremony scheduled for today in memory of the Armenians who were killed during a mass...

AKP loses more voters, main opposition support on the rise, new poll shows

The Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been ruling Turkey as a single-party government since 2002, would have had a decreased nationwide vote...

Ailing Kurdish woman incarcerated again after ATK finds her ‘fit to remain in prison’

Makbule Özer, an ailing 83-year-old Kurdish woman, was jailed for a second time on Monday after a medical report issued by Turkey’s Council of...

ECtHR faults Turkey over arrest of UN judge in post-coup crackdown

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the pretrial detention and arrest of a UN judge with diplomatic immunity following...

552 youngsters mark Children’s Day in Turkish prisons with their mothers

Turkey is celebrating National Sovereignty and Children’s Day with a total of 552 children under the age of six accompanying their mothers in prisons,...

‘Exodus’ movie on global refugee crisis nominated for Best UK Film at London festival

“Exodus,” a movie focusing on the stories of a group of people forced to flee from Turkey to Europe to seek asylum, has been...

Turkey ranks 22nd in world military expenditure for 2023: SIPRI report

A new report published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) shows that Turkey spent $15.8 billion on military expenses in 2023, positioning...

Döner diplomacy: Kebab chef joins German president on Turkey visit

Accompanied by a Berlin kebab chef, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier kicked off a delicate visit to Turkey Monday, hailing strong ties between Germans and Turks...

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