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Turkey’s annual inflation rises to 19.71 pct in March

Turkey’s annual consumer price inflation rose to 19.71 percent in March, official data showed on Wednesday, slightly exceeding poll forecasts as food prices jumped despite unorthodox...

Turkish automotive market contracts by 44 percent in first quarter of 2019

Figures from Turkey’s Automotive Distributors Association (ODD) have revealed that in the first quarter of 2019 the sale of passenger cars and commercial vehicles has dropped 44.2...

Erdoğan pays electoral price for Turkey’s tumbling economy: report

After a decade and a half of dominance built on Turkey’s buoyant growth President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has paid a heavy electoral price for an economic...

[OPINION] Ardern and Erdoğan: The difference between greatness and partisanship

Ekrem Dumanlı Politics is like a ladder that consists of four steps. On every step, a politician should pause and mature. If a politician who climbed all the...

Turkey’s ruling AKP loses İstanbul, Ankara to opposition: unofficial results

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Sunday lost municipal races in İstanbul and Ankara, two of the country’s major cities, according to unofficial results. Although...

95 pct of media outlet mobile notifications promoted Erdoğan government: report

A study of smartphone notifications from Turkey’s most popular mobile news applications has revealed that 95.5 percent of these notifications were in favor of the ruling...

Former deputy’s report reveals heavy pressure on Turkish media ahead of elections

A report prepared by Republican People’s Party's (CHP) former deputy Barış Yarkadaş reveals ongoing pressure on Turkey’s media, with the former deputy and journalist...

Jailed Kurdish leader calls on constituency to forget the past, vote on Sunday

Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş called on his constituency to cast their ballots on Sunday in line with the strategy of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...

Recent fluctuations in Turkish lira caused by Western ‘operation’: Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said recent losses in value of the national currency were caused by Western, especially US, “operations” to corner Turkey ahead of...

Turkey’s TRT broadcast 7 times more positive news about Erdoğan’s alliance: report

Turkey’s public broadcaster TRT had more than 135 hours of news coverage favorable to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s party and its ally, while airing just over...

Court rules to keep Turkish employee of US consulate in jail

A Turkish court on Thursday ruled for the continuation of the imprisonment of a Turkish employee of the US Consulate General in İstanbul. Metin Topuz is charged with...

Pollsters to experience huge embarrassment on election night, says Erdoğan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said polling companies will understand on election night that they have been mistaken in their predictions of the results of...

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