22 C
Frankfurt am Main

CATEGORY

Top Stories

Germany summons Turkish ambassador over footballer’s nationalist gesture

Germany summoned Turkey's ambassador in Berlin on Thursday amid a spiraling diplomatic row which erupted after Turkish footballer Merih Demiral made an alleged ultra-nationalist...

8 Kurdish journalists sentenced to over 6 years’ imprisonment in Turkey

Eight Kurdish journalists who were arrested as part of an Ankara-based investigation and released pending trial on May 16, 2023 have been sentenced to...

House lawmakers urge Biden to counter Turkey’s transnational repression campaign

A bipartisan coalition of 142 lawmakers from the US House of Representatives sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Tuesday urging him to press...

Erdoğan meets with Putin at SCO summit, invites him to Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Wednesday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Astana,...

Turkey summons German ambassador in row over Demiral’s nationalist gesture

Turkey on Wednesday summoned Germany's ambassador over a row that erupted due to Turkish defender Merih Demiral making an alleged ultranationalist gesture as he...

Finance minister says law making millions eligible for early retirement crippled budget

Turkey’s finance minister, Mehmet Şimşek, has criticized a law passed last year to make millions of people failing to meet the age requirement for...

Wages stagnate, cost of living bites: Labor union protests TurkStat over inflation figures

The Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions (DİSK) gathered outside the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) in Ankara on Monday to protest the latest inflation data,...

Turkish court decides to release 8 more May Day protestors, 33 remain jailed

The first hearing in the trial of 12 people, eight of whom were put in pretrial detention, for attempting to defy a government ban...

Turkey’s media watchdog revokes radio station license over ‘Armenian genocide’ reference

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting and streaming regulator, has cancelled the broadcasting license of independent radio station Açık Radyo (Open...

Wave of online hate speech follows countrywide attacks on Syrians in Turkey

Turkish social media erupted with hate speech targeting Syrian refugees on Tuesday, following a series of attacks on the refugee community across the country...

Turkey’s inflation falls to 71.6 percent in June: official data

Turkey's annual inflation rate fell to 71.6 percent in June, Agence France-Presse reported, citing official data on Wednesday. Consumer prices began slowing after reaching a...

Turkey reach Euro 2024 quarters with 2-1 win over Austria

Merih Demiral was Turkey's unlikely hero with both goals in a 2-1 win over Austria on Tuesday that booked their place in the Euro...

Latest news