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Turkey’s central bank lowers interest rates by 425 basis points

Turkey’s central bank sharply cut its key interest rate by a more than expected 425 basis points to 19.75 percent on Thursday to spur a recession-hit...

Turkish banker who served time in US for evading sanctions welcomed by Minister Albayrak

A Turkish bank executive who served a 32-month jail sentence in New York for helping evade US sanctions against Iran returned to Istanbul on Wednesday where...

EIB to restrict Turkey lending in line with EU ‘punishment’ for Cyprus drilling

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will not do any new lending in Turkey linked to the government until at least the end of the year while...

US jury convicts ex-Flynn associate of illegally lobbying for Turkey

A jury on Tuesday convicted a one-time business partner of former US national security adviser Michael Flynn on charges he illegally acted as a Turkish agent...

Turkish animal rights activist investigated for terrorism 6 years after Gezi Park protests

Turkish prosecutors have launched a terrorism-related investigation into Burak Özgüner, coordinator of the Committee for Monitoring Animal Rights (HAKİM), over his work regarding animal rights violations during...

Rockets fired from Syria injure 6 in southeastern Turkey

Six people, including a child, were injured on Monday when one of two rockets fired from Syria hit a family estate in southeastern Turkey’s Şanlıurfa province,...

Melting snow exposes bodies of 25 migrants who froze to death on Turkish-Iraqi border

The bodies of 25 illegal migrants who apparently froze to death were discovered on the Turkish-Iraqi border with the melting of snow in the area, according...

Turkish central bank governor sacked after refusing 300 basis point cut in interest rates: report

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s abrupt decision to sack Turkey’s central bank governor Murat Çetinkaya came after months in which they had not met and was precipitated...

İstanbul Governor’s Office orders unregistered Syrians to leave city by Aug. 20

The İstanbul Governor’s Office has directed Syrians who are not registered in İstanbul to leave the city by Aug. 20 and return to the cities where...

Turkey would intervene in Cyprus again if needed, Erdoğan says

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said the Turkish armed forces would not “hesitate to take the same action as 45 years ago, if it proved to...

Sputnik cancels Turkish radio program after host interviews former PM Davutoğlu

Radio host Yavuz Oğhan’s program was canceled by Radyo Sputnik a few days after he interviewed former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on YouTube. Oğhan announced the development on...

47 aggravated life sentences, 3,000 years in prison given to journalists since failed coup

Journalists in Turkey have been given 47 aggravated life sentences with no chance of parole and a total of 3,000 years in prison in trials that...

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