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Turkey ranks 78th in corruption perception: report

Turkey is ranked 78th out of 180 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2018 released by Transparency International on Tuesday, Deutsche Welle Turkish...

Singer wife ordered to pay Turkish debt of gold trader Zarrab

Singer Ebru Gündeş, the wife of Turkish Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab, who is jailed in the United Stated for facilitating a scheme to...

İstanbul municipality made large fund transfers to foundations run by Erdoğan’s family members

The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality transferred an exorbitant amount of money to foundations run by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s family members, according to a report...

Housing sales to foreigners in Turkey increased by 78.3 percent in 2018

Housing sales to foreigners in Turkey grew by 78.3 percent in 2018 compared to 2017, the Diken news website reported on Monday. The number of...

Hundreds of engineers exit Turkey’s largest defense contractor

The head of Turkish electronics defense contractor ASELSAN has confirmed the departure of some 200 engineers from the company, adding to the anxieties of...

Turkey’s Erdoğan expects Syria ‘safe zone’ in place within months

Turkey expects its allies to help set up a “safe zone” in Syria along the Turkish border within a few months, otherwise it will...

Pamukkale, one of Turkey’s oldest bus companies, goes bankrupt

Pamukkale Turizm, a 56-year-old Turkish coach company, has been declared bankrupt by a court, the Diken news website reported on Thursday. In October Pamukkale had...

Cases from Turkey rank 4th among 47 states at Europe’s top human rights court

Turkey ranks fourth among 47 countries in number of applications to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), according to a tally of submissions...

Finland suspects illegal visas issued at embassy in Turkey: report

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Finnish Border Guard suspect three employees of the Finnish Embassy in Ankara of issuing illegal visas,...

Appeals court upholds aggravated life sentences in Zirve murder case

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the consecutive aggravated life sentences of five defendants who were involved in the murder of three...

Asylum applications in Germany made by Turks increase by 25 pct in 2018: report

According to migration data announced by German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer on Wednesday, the number of Turkish citizens who applied for asylum in Germany...

European lawyers, activists to host events to draw attention to difficulties of Turkish colleagues

Attorneys and activists from at least 16 European cities including İstanbul on Thursday, the Day of the Endangered Lawyer, will organize various events to...

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