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Turkey’s former opposition leader slams successor for aligning actions with gov’t

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, former leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has criticized the party’s new leader, Özgür Özel, for actions perceived to...

Turkish drone maker Baykar’s CEO defends co-sponsoring Azerbaijan expo with Israel

Haluk Bayraktar, CEO of Turkey’s leading defense contractor Baykar and a relative of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has defended the company’s decision to co-sponsor...

AKP lawmaker’s son-in-law arrested in crypto fraud set free the same day

The son-in law of a ruling party lawmaker in Turkey, one of the suspects arrested as part of an investigation into a 30 million...

Businesswoman who provided luxury hotel stays to NYC mayor says she wanted to show him ‘Turkish hospitality’

Turkish businesswoman Demet Sabancı Çetindoğan, who provided free or discounted luxury stays at her İstanbul hotel to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, has...

Opposition MP faces complaint for criticizing terrorism trial of high school girls

A judge has filed a criminal complaint against an opposition lawmaker for criticizing an ongoing trial in which high school girls and others are...

Turkish drone maker Baykar, Israeli defense firm co-sponsored exhibition in Azerbaijan

Turkish defense contractor Baykar, owned by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s in-laws, and Israel Aerospace Industries were co-sponsors of Azerbaijan’s 5th Anniversary International Defense Exhibition...

US court fines Turkish shipping company $2M for dumping oil waste in ocean

A US court fined a Turkish shipping company and its UAE-based partner $2 million and sentenced the companies to four years of probation after...

Turkish authorities to exhume body of 17-year-old girl’s killer on Wednesday, says family lawyer

The body of Cem Garipoğlu, convicted of murdering 17-year-old Münevver Karabulut in 2009, will be exhumed on Wednesday following a decision by a Turkish...

Former Turkish footballer Serhat Akın shot in foot in İstanbul

Serhat Akın, a former Fenerbahçe football player and current TV commentator, was shot in the foot after a live broadcast in İstanbul’s Beykoz district,...

NYC mayor, indicted over corrupt dealings with Turkish gov’t, pleads not guilty to charges

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Friday he is not guilty of wire fraud, soliciting illegal campaign donations and a bribery conspiracy...

Turkish court sentences builder of apartments that collapsed in 2023 quakes to 865 years

A Turkish court on Friday handed down a prison sentence of 865 years and 62 life sentences to a man behind the construction of...

5 arrested in connection to murder of 15-year-old Syrian in İstanbul

Turkish authorities have arrested five suspects in connection with the murder of a 15-year-old Syrian, who was shot dead by masked gunmen in İstanbul...

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