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Turkey’s new central bank governor vows to continue work to tame inflation

The new governor of Turkey’s central bank has said efforts to get the country’s skyrocketing inflation under control will continue under his leadership while...

Survey reveals widespread perception of favoritism within Turkey’s religious authority

Eight out of every 10 employees at Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) said they believe that there is widespread favoritism within the institution, according...

Italy sentences Turkish man to prison over migrant shipwreck

An Italian court sentenced an accused smuggler involved in a shipwreck last year that killed at least 94 migrants to two decades in prison...

Turkey detains 147 ISIL suspects in nationwide operation

Turkish police have detained 147 suspects with alleged links to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in simultaneous raids across 33...

Minister says quake victims happy homes were destroyed when they get replacements

Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Mehmet Özhaseki sparked controversy on the anniversary of the February 6, 2023 earthquakes in Turkey when he...

Turkey arrests 10 for alleged ISIL membership after church attack

A Turkish court arrested 10 out of 15 suspects initially detained by law enforcement for alleged membership in the Islamic State in Iraq and...

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu unveils plan for disaster-resilient city

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has unveiled a 10-article plan to make İstanbul, Turkey’s most densely populated city, resilient to potential disasters by 2050, the...

Turkish drone maker Baykar begins to build plant in Ukraine: report

Turkish defense contractor Baykar has started building a factory near Kyiv that will employ around 500 people and where it will manufacture either its...

Police detain 90 in connection to courthouse attack in İstanbul

Turkish police have detained 90 people in connection to a terrorist attack in front of İstanbul’s main courthouse on Tuesday in which three people,...

Jailed Kurdish leader’s wife decides not to run for mayor of İstanbul

Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, has announced that she will not file an application to run as a mayoral...

One year after earthquakes: How Turkey’s muzzled media missed the mark on journalism

On the anniversary of the February 6 earthquakes that devastated parts of Turkey, the media landscape is under scrutiny for its role and response...

Gov’t criticized for lack of transparency as allocation of billions in earthquake aid scrutinized

Following two powerful earthquakes in southern Turkey a year ago that triggered a nationwide wave of support for the victims, questions have arisen about...

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