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Ousted main opposition leader to seek court order for new vote if court-installed chairman stalls

Supporters of Özgür Özel, the ousted leader of Turkey’s main opposition party, said Monday they would ask a court to force an extraordinary party...

Erdoğan pushes new talks on reopening Halki Orthodox seminary: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ordered officials to resume talks on reopening the Halki Theological School, a historic Orthodox Christian seminary near İstanbul...

ISIL suspect claims group was in talks with Turkish gov’t during deadly 2015 Ankara bombing

An Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suspect who was recently captured in Syria and brought to Turkey has claimed in a...

Rights groups condemn Turkey’s closure of LGBT X accounts

Turkey's decision to block about 40 X accounts linked to feminist or LGBT groups constitutes "an extremely serious and disproportionate infringement of free speech,”...

Russian drone strike hits Turkish-owned cargo ship off Ukraine, killing crew member

A Russian drone struck a Turkish-owned cargo vessel en route to Ukraine, setting it on fire and killing one crew member, Ukrainian officials said...

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Turkey’s central bank keeps policy rate unchanged at 37 percent

Turkey’s central bank on Thursday kept its key interest rate unchanged at 37 percent, in line with market expectations, as it maintained a tight monetary policy stance amid continued...

Turkey suspends BYD tax exemptions over stalled $1 billion factory plan: report

Turkey has suspended import tax exemptions for Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD over delays in a planned $1 billion factory investment and warned the...

Iran war added at least 5 points to Turkey’s inflation outlook, finance minister says

Turkey’s year-end inflation would probably have been around 20 percent without the US and Israeli war with Iran, but the conflict’s effect on energy...

Turkey’s automotive exports fell 17 percent in May

Turkey’s automotive exports fell 17 percent year-on-year in May to $3.26 billion, although the industry remained the country’s largest exporting sector, Turkey's state-run Anadolu...

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