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Turkey’s stock exchange moves to keep assets in local currency after Erdoğan’s call

Turkey’s stock exchange, Borsa İstanbul (BİST), on Friday moved to keep all its cash assets in accounts denominated in Turkish lira.   “In support of the...

Lira in freefall as Erdoğan urges Turks to sell off forex

An economic crisis will only slightly affect Turkey if fellow citizens convert their foreign currencies into Turkish lira or gold, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Islamic scholar Gülen named as prime suspect in match-fixing conspiracy indictment  

Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen is the prime suspect in an indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor concerning allegations that there was a conspiracy in...

Turkey seizes 691 companies over alleged ties to Gülen movement

The state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has announced that a total of 691 companies have been seized by the government due to alleged...

HDP Co-chair Demirtaş says he knew 15 days in advance he would be arrested

Co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş has said he knew 15 days in advance that he would be arrested but...

1 killed in oil tanker explosion in İstanbul’s Büyükçekmece district

One person was killed and two others were injured when an explosion occurred on an oil tanker in İstanbul's Büyükçekmece district on Friday. Ambulances and...

Prosecutor asks court to drop Mavi Marmara case due to Turkish-Israeli deal

A public prosecutor on Friday asked a high criminal court in İstanbul to dismiss the trial of suspects in connection to an Israeli raid...

Pro-Kurdish district mayor in Şanlıurfa detained

Mustafa Bayram, mayor of the Halfeti district of the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), was detained on Friday...

3 soldiers killed, 3 injured in clashes with PKK in Hakkari

Three soldiers were killed and three others were injured during a clash between Turkish security forces and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists in the...

Another police officer suspended in post-coup witch hunt commits suicide

A 46-year-old police officer in Hatay province shot himself dead after being targeted in a post-coup witch hunt carried out by the Turkish government. Hasan...

Dutch gov’t asks EU to pressure Turkey over post-coup crackdown

The Dutch government has asked other member countries of the European Union to formally warn the Turkish government that a crackdown on dissent following...

Parliament commission to investigate student dorms in Turkey after fire

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Thursday that a parliamentary commission would be established in Parliament to investigate a dormitory fire in Adana...

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