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Defense minister signals Turkish military action in Syria

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has said Turkey will take the necessary action against cross-border attacks from Syria, as the likelihood of a Turkish...

Turkey’s Rumeysa Gelgi officially declared world’s tallest woman

Rumeysa Gelgi, a 24-year-old Turkish woman, has been named the tallest living woman, measuring 215.16 centimeters, according to an announcement from the Guinness World...

Opposition slams ErdoÄŸan for latest central bank reshuffle via midnight decree

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan has been harshly criticized by senior opposition figures for once again carrying out a reshuffle of the Turkish Central...

Exchange offices to object to regulations stripping lira sellers of anonymity

Turkey’s exchange offices are preparing to file a formal objection to recently issued regulations that require money changers in the country to record the...

Turkish lira hits record low as ErdoÄŸan sacks central bankers

The Turkish lira sank to a record low against the US dollar on Thursday after President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan fired three central bank members...

Ä°HD co-chair files complaint against prison guards who allegedly beat and sexually harassed female inmate

Human Rights Association (Ä°HD) co-chair and lawyer Eren Keskin filed a complaint last week against prison guards who allegedly beat and sexually harassed a...

Turkey detains two over Iran kidnap plot

Turkey has detained an Iranian and a Turk on spying charges, a senior official said Wednesday, in the latest espionage case threatening to roil...

7 foundations divided up 769 dormitories seized over Gülen links: journalist

Seven pro-government foundations in Turkey have shared among themselves 769 of 848 student dormitories seized for affiliation with the faith-based Gülen movement since a...

AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate 2015 train station bombings in Ankara

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have rejected a parliamentary motion to investigate the deadliest...

Court releases 5 Boğaziçi students detained upon complaint filed by new rector

An İstanbul court has released five Boğaziçi University students who were recently detained after new rector Naci İnci filed a complaint with the police...

3,000 physicians have left Turkey, more planning to leave, medical chamber official says

An official from a professional organization of physicians has said that more than 3,000 doctors have left Turkey to work abroad during the last...

53 percent of Turks have no confidence in Turkish presidency: poll

A polling company has found that people in Turkey have largely lost their confidence in a number of public institutions, including the presidency, the...

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