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Sözcü columnist asks Turkish government: Was it a fake coup?

Necati Doğru, a columnist for the Kemalist daily Sözcü, queried the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government over persisting questions about a failed...

Turkey’s annualized inflation hits 9.22 percent in January 2017

Turkey‘s inflation rate increased in January by 2.46 percent over the previous month, with the consumer price index coming in at an annualized 9.22...

Merkel urges Erdoğan to uphold freedom of opinion, press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she stressed the importance of press freedom and freedom of opinion in Turkey during talks with President Tayyip...

[VIDEO] German Chancellor Merkel visits Turkey amid disagreements  

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting Turkey on Thursday to focus on efforts to find a political solution in Syria and the EU-Turkey refugee...

S&P downgrades rating of 4 Turkish banks after revising Turkey’s outlook to negative

International rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) downgraded the rating of İş Bank, Vakıf Bank, Yapı Kredi Bank and Garanti Bank on Tuesday following...

Turkey condemns new Israeli settlements in West Bank

Following Israeli authorization for 3,000 new settlements in the West Bank despite a United Nations resolution criticizing them, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Governor says İstanbul is safe, except for terror threat

The governor of İstanbul, Vasip Şahin, said on Wednesday that Turkey’s largest city is very safe except for the threat of terror. Speaking to the...

Detention warrant issued for HDP deputy Öcalan

As a crackdown on the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) continues, a Turkish court on Wednesday issued a detention...

Turkey’s population nears 80 million, İstanbul remains most crowded city

Turkey's population saw an increase of more than 1 million in 2016, reaching 79,814,871, while İstanbul remained the country's most populous city, according to...

Turkey’s tourism revenues drop by 29.7 percent in 2016

Turkey earned $22.1 billion in tourism revenues in 2016, 29.7 percent less than the country's tourism revenues in 2015, data released by the Turkish...

[OPINION] Why Turkey is picking a fight with Greece

Abdullah Bozkurt The neo-nationalist partners of Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who played a key role in orchestrating the abortive coup of July 15...

18 provincial bar association presidents say ‘no’ to constitutional package

The heads of bar associations from 18 provinces including İstanbul, İzmir and Ankara strongly criticized a constitutional amendment package that aims to expand the...

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