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Merlin Entertainments closes 3 sites in Turkey including Madame Tussauds

UK-headquartered Merlin Entertainments said on Tuesday it was closing three attractions in Turkey including a local branch of the famous Madame Tussauds wax museum,...

From Turkish prison island, Öcalan’s role in Kurdish conflict endures

Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed founder of militant group the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), is hailed by many Kurds as an icon, but within the...

More than 35,000 Syrians have returned home since Assad’s ouster: minister

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Tuesday that a total of 35,114 Syrians have returned home over the past 21 days since the...

Pentagon says ceasefire between Turkey and SDF in northern Syria is ‘holding’

The US Department of Defense has said a ceasefire between pro-Turkish fighters and Syrian Kurds in northern Syria is in place and that the...

Turkey hikes fuel tax by 6 percent, aims to control inflation: report

Turkey imposed a 6 percent tax hike on fuel on Tuesday, after its finance minister said over the weekend that tax moves on fuel...

Saudi Arabia considers buying Turkey’s Kaan fighter jets

Saudi Arabia is reportedly planning to acquire Turkey's domestically produced Kaan fighter jets as part of its military’s strategic plans for the 2030s to...

Poverty rate in Turkey climbed to 13.6 percent in 2024 as cost-of-living bites: TurkStat

The poverty rate in Turkey, where the public has been overwhelmed by a wide range of economic problems for several years, increased by 0.1...

SCF report exposes systematic use of hate speech following Gülen’s death to dehumanize his movement

The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) on Monday published its latest report, “Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate...

Jailed PKK leader says strengthening Turk-Kurd brotherhood ‘historic responsibility’: pro-Kurdish party

Jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan said the strengthening of Turkish-Kurdish ties is vital and that he is ready to contribute to...

Erdoğan dismisses criticism of low minimum wage hike

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday defended a 30 percent increase in the minimum wage for 2025, arguing that it exceeds inflation targets,...

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party meets with jailed PKK leader

A delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) on Saturday visited Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...

13 years on, justice still elusive for families of victims of Roboski massacre

The families of 34 Kurdish civilians killed in a 2011 Turkish military airstrike known as the Roboski massacre, the perpetrators of which have never...

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