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German footballer Özil quits national team citing discrimination

Famous German footballer Mesut Özil has announced his retirement from international football with immediate effect, hitting out at what he perceived to be unfair...

Jailed CHP deputy protests court decision with self-imposed isolation

Jailed Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu on Saturday decided to isolate himself from the outside world to protest a Friday decision of...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s iron-grip rule in Turkey gets worse

Abdullah Bozkurt The first post-election bill submitted to Parliament by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shows that...

Bodies of mother and 1-year-old son found on banks of Evros River

The bodies of Hatice Akçabay and her 1-year-old son Bekir Aras, who went missing when a boat capsized on Wednesday, have been found on...

Former Trump advisor Bannon: Erdoğan is the most dangerous guy in the world

US President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told CNBC on Wednesday that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip...

Central bank poll: Turkish lira will be valued at 4.83 to the dollar at yearend

According to an expectation poll conducted by the Turkish Central Bank, 66 finance experts, executives and professionals predict that the Turkish lira’s value against...

Venezuela refining gold in Turkey after imposition of international sanctions

Venezuela’s central bank this year began refining gold in Turkey following a wave of international sanctions that have left it unwilling to carry out...

Turkey’s 2-year-long state of emergency ends, to be replaced by new anti-terror laws

A two-year-long state of emergency in Turkey came to an end on Wednesday amid the introduction of a bill proposing new anti-terror laws by...

EU fears legislative proposals could merely replace Turkey’s state of emergency

The European Union on Thursday welcomed the end of a two-year-long state of emergency in Turkey but expressed concern that new legislative proposals may...

Court rules to keep Zaman journalist Ünal in jail

A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak has refused to release Ali Ünal, a theologian and former columnist for the...

Court rules to keep former HDP co-chair Demirtaş in prison

A Turkish high criminal court has decided to keep former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş in prison during a trial in...

[OPINION] Erdoğan inching closer to going nuclear

Abdullah Bozkurt On July 2, 2018, immediately after a questionable win in national and presidential elections, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a law-decree establishing...

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