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Russians make up largest group of tourists to Turkey so far in 2023: ministry data

More than 36 million tourists visited Turkey in the first eight months of 2023, with Russians accounting for the largest percentage of them, according...

Man abducted from Tajikistan faces risk of torture, Turkish MP says

Opposition deputy and leading rights advocate Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has expressed concern that Koray Vural, a businessman who is believed to have been renditioned...

[OPINION] Turkey’s toxicity and Europe’s paralysis

Ali Dinçer * Last week Turkish president and drone salesman of the year Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey could “part ways” with the EU. It was...

Police detain 24 in southern Turkey for attending commemoration ceremony for leftist figures

Turkish police on Thursday detained 24 people for attending a commemoration ceremony in May for three left-wing, revolutionary students who were executed in 1972,...

High levels of asbestos pose new threat to Turkey’s quake survivors

Survivors of two powerful earthquakes in southern Turkey are threatened by high levels of asbestos released from the rubble of demolished buildings as reports...

Turkey says deadly drone strike on N. Iraq airfield was appropriate

Turkey’s foreign ministry has said a drone strike that killed three Kurdish counterterrorism officers in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region on Monday has confirmed the...

Erdoğan meets with Israel’s Netanyahu as ties thaw

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met in New York on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said "ties between the two countries...

US sanctions Turkish nationals for transactions supporting Iran’s UAV production

Two Turkish nationals are among individuals and entities targeted by fresh US sanctions for their involvement in transactions related to Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle...

EP rapporteur says visa-free travel impossible for Turks without easing of terrorism laws

Nacho Sanchez Amor, the European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur, has said as long as Turkey does not soften its counterterrorism laws, the EU will not...

Erdoğan rebukes US journalist asking about politically motivated arrests in Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who frequently targets or attacks journalists in Turkey due to their critical reporting, has this time rebuked an American...

Coal from Russian-annexed Ukraine sold in NATO member Turkey: report

At least $14.3 million worth of coal produced in areas of Ukraine annexed by Russia has been exported to NATO member Turkey this year,...

Child psychiatrist’s arrest sparks debate over possible sexual abuse cover-up

A pediatric psychiatrist’s arrest on charges of administering illicit substances to his patients and forcing them to make false accusations of sexual abuse against...

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