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Turkish gov’t raises monthly minimum wage by 30 percent for 2025

The Turkish government has announced a 30 percent increase in the monthly minimum wage for 2025, raising it to 22,104 Turkish lira ($630.36) from...

Turkish court convicts hotel owner, architect in earthquake trial

A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced the owner and architect of a hotel where 72 people died after it collapsed following two earthquakes last...

Syria to form 300,000-strong army with Turkey’s support: report

Turkey will assist the Syrian opposition groups that toppled Bashar al-Assad in forming a unified military force of 300,000 troops within 18 months, with...

UN envoy warns of ‘dramatic consequences’ over tensions between Turkish-backed groups, Kurdish militants in Syria

UN Special Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen told Reuters on Monday that escalating tensions between Turkish-backed groups and Kurdish-led authorities in northeast Syria could...

‘Turkey has a serious inflation and cost-of-living problem’: Finance Minister Şimşek

Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek acknowledged the country’s ongoing fight against inflation and the rising cost of living while stating that efforts are underway...

Germany says Turkey must not wage war on Syria’s Kurdish groups

Germany on Monday warned Turkey against stepping up military action against Kurdish armed groups in the north of Syria, two weeks after Islamist-led rebels...

Erdoğan takes lead over potential rivals in poll following Assad’s ouster

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has gained an edge over key opposition figures in a new poll, a development analysts attribute to his administration’s...

Trump knows better than to back Kurdish fighters in Syria: Turkish FM

US President-elect Donald Trump knows better than to continue Washington's backing for Kurdish fighters over supporting the security needs of its NATO ally Turkey,...

Turkey’s top diplomat meets Syria’s new leader in Damascus

Turkey's foreign minister Hakan Fidan met with Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Sunday, Agence France-Press reported. A video released by the state-run...

Turkish drone attack in northern Syria kills 5: rights group

A Turkish drone killed five civilians in northeastern Syria on Saturday, a rights group said, two days after the death of Kurdish journalists in...

Security for Kurds ‘essential’ for a secure Syria: German FM

Security for the Kurdish people is critical for Syria to have a secure future, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told her Turkish counterpart in...

HRW calls on Turkey to stop prosecuting Kurdish language activities

Human Rights Watch on Friday urged Turkey to end prosecutions equating Kurdish language and cultural activities with terrorism, calling the practice discriminatory and an...

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