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250,000 people left Turkey in 2017, 42.5 percent more than previous year

A total of 253,640 people left Turkey in 2017, 42.5 percent over the previous year, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported, citing the Turkish...

Erdoğan’s job approval falls to 44.5 percent, with 46.7 percent not approving

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s job approval fell to 44.5 percent in August, while the disapproval rate increased to 46.7 percent, according to a...

Fitch downgrades its growth forecast for Turkey amid currency crisis

Fitch Ratings has revised its growth forecast for Turkey to 3.8 percent in 2018 and 1.2 percent in 2019, lowering it by 0.7 percent...

Occupancy rate of Turkish prisons reaches 117 percent: ministry

The occupancy rate of Turkish prisons has reached 117 percent, the Sözcü daily reported on Monday. According to recent data released by Turkey’s Justice Ministry,...

Turkey sees highest inflation in past 15 years at nearly 18 percent

Inflation in Turkey rose again in August to nearly 18 percent, official statistics showed, the highest since late 2003 and coming after the Turkish...

1,763 Halkbank customers make $4.6 mln in transactions during ‘cheap selling’ glitch

Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank General Manager Osman Aslan said on Sunday that the bank’s cheap dollar and euro selling on Friday night was a glitch...

Woman who lost legs in HDP rally bombing wins compensation from ministry

Turkey’s Interior Ministry will pay TL1.3 million (around $200,000) in pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages to a woman who lost both of her legs in...

[OPINION] Turkey’s intel agency trafficked drugs and stolen vehicles to jihadists in Syria

Abdullah Bozkurt A hushed-up investigation in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara in early 2014 reveals how intelligence officers on the payroll of the National Intelligence...

Turkey must free prisoners to mend ties with EU, German FM says

Turkey cannot revive its strained relationship with the European Union until it frees German citizens it has detained, Germany’s foreign minister said on Friday...

Turkey calls on country’s religious authority in struggle to keep prices down

As the Turkish lira continues to be hit by losses in value against foreign currencies, the government has been struggling to keep prices down,...

UN calls on Russia, Iran and Turkey to stop battle in Idlib

The United Nations on Thursday called on Russia, Iran and Turkey to forestall a battle in Syria’s Idlib province that would affect millions of...

Erdoğan says no turning back from new military education system

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday said there would be no turning back from a new military education system created following a failed...

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