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Turkey proxies weaponizing water in north Syria: report

Turkish-backed groups in northern Syria have weaponized water by building dams on a river that serves as a lifeline for communities living downstream in...

Turkey revokes accreditation of 9 honorary consuls before end of their tenure

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has revoked the accreditation of nine honorary consuls despite the fact that their tenure was expected to end in 2025,...

Turkey hosting Interpol General Assembly a serious blow to organization’s credibility: report

The fact that the Interpol General Assembly will meet in 2021 in Ä°stanbul is a serious blow to the credibility of Interpol, which facilitates...

Twitch says has taken action against money laundering involving Turkish streamers

Twitch spokesperson has announced the Amazon-owned platform that focuses on video game live-streaming has taken action against Turkish streamers who abused the platform’s monetization...

Famous Kurdish poet sentenced to prison for insulting ErdoÄŸan

A local court has sentenced famous Kurdish poet, writer and journalist Yılmaz Odabaşı to nearly a year in prison on conviction of insulting Turkish...

Aide releases ErdoÄŸan video to fend off poor health speculation

In an apparent attempt to dismiss speculation about the health of Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, 67, his communications director, Fahrettin Altun, has released...

Turkey investigates 30 over tweets about Erdoğan’s health

Turkey’s Security Directorate General announced on Wednesday that legal action has been taken against 30 people who commented about the health of President Recep...

Turkey detains 17 for attempting to put bags over heads of US naval personnel

Seventeen members of the Turkish Youth Union (TGB), an organization linked to the neo-nationalist Homeland Party (VP), were detained after attempting to put bags over...

Former pro-Kurdish MP detained following raid in SE Turkey

Behçet Yıldırım, a former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was taken into custody after gendarmes raided his house in the southeastern...

Iranian-Turkish gold trader released on bail by US gov’t in 2018, documents show

Newly released judicial documents have revealed that Reza Zarrab, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who back in 2017 struck a plea deal in a sanctions...

Turkish inflation climbs to near 20 percent amid interest rate cuts

Turkey's annual inflation rate rose to its highest in more than 2-1/2 years in October, data showed on Wednesday, as the central bank, under...

‘Eternal’ wine revives Assyrian culture in Turkey

Assyrian merchant Yuhanna AktaÅŸ no longer has to hide from villagers in his conservative corner of southern Turkey that the grapes they harvest are...

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