28.2 C
Frankfurt am Main

CATEGORY

Headline

7 detained in İstanbul corruption probe targeting opposition-run municipalities

Seven employees from two opposition-run district municipalities in İstanbul have been detained as part of an expanding corruption investigation into alleged irregularities in public...

Court removes opposition party’s İstanbul leaders, appoints caretaker board in blow to Erdoğan rivals

A Turkish court on Tuesday dismissed the leadership of the İstanbul branch of the country’s main opposition party and installed a court-appointed caretaker board,...

Erdoğan urges US to allow Palestinian leaders at UN summit

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday called on the United States to revise its decision to deny visas to Palestinian Authority officials to...

76 prominent figures in Turkey reject ‘cosmetic’ Gaza resolution, urge sanctions on Israel

A group of 76 Turkish academics, writers, politicians and rights activists have signed a statement criticizing a resolution recently passed in parliament on Gaza,...

Owner, general manager of Turkish defense contractor Assan group arrested in ‘espionage’ case

An İstanbul court on Sunday ordered the arrest pending trial of Emin Öner, owner of Ankara-based defense contractor Assan Group, and the company’s general...

UK charges 11 over crimes related to gambling services in Turkey

Prosecutors in the United Kingdom have charged 11 people over alleged bribery, fraud and tax crimes linked to the provision of gambling services in...

Putin meets with Erdoğan, praises Turkey’s mediation efforts on Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Turkey’s mediation attempts in the Ukraine war during talks with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in China on...

Turkey says Syrian refugee population drops to 2.5 million amid rising returns to post-Assad Syria

The number of Syrian refugees in Turkey has dropped from a peak of 3.5 million to just over 2.5 million, Turkish Interior Minister Ali...

Turkish Parliament passes resolution condemning Israel over ‘genocide’ in Gaza, urges global action

Turkey’s parliament on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning Israel for what it called genocide and the expansion of its occupation in Gaza, as...

Turkey sets year-end goal for PKK peace framework

Turkey has given a parliamentary commission until the end of the year to lay the groundwork for a peace process with the outlawed Kurdistan...

Turkish FM warns Greece of ‘geostrategic costs’ over anti-Turkey rhetoric

Turkey’s foreign minister has warned that Greece risks paying “geostrategic costs” if its leaders continue to use anti-Turkish rhetoric as a political tool. Speaking on...

Climate change increased risk of Turkey, Greece wildfires tenfold: report

The wildfires that raged across Greece, Turkey and Cyprus this summer were 22 percent more intense and 10 times more likely than they would...

Latest news