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Anti-gov’t TV station fined over doctor’s comments on Erdoğan’s health

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog has imposed an administrative fine on pro-opposition broadcaster TELE1 due to comments made by a doctor regarding Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

Not fully vaccinated people account for 87 pct of COVID cases in Turkey: minister

With the number of daily coronavirus infections exceeding 20,000 on Wednesday, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said 87 percent of the active cases in...

Turkey courts Biden with Kabul airport offer

Turkey is offering to protect Kabul's strategic airport after US forces leave in what experts view as a high-risk bid to improve Ankara's strained...

Dozens hurt in Turkish forest fire near holiday resort

Dozens of people were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation and several for burns as a forest fire ravaged several communities near a Mediterranean...

Turkey detains more than 200 migrants in Aegean

Turkey's coast guard has detained more than 200 migrants, including Afghans and Syrians, who were crossing the Aegean Sea on a fishing boat in...

Questions linger over Turkey’s arrest of man behind ByLock

Turkish state media reported Wednesday that a Turkish-American holding the copyright to ByLock, an encrypted messaging app banned by Turkey, was arrested in June...

79 pct of buildings in Turkey are vulnerable to earthquakes: report

A report by a parliamentary committee has found that 79 percent of all buildings in Turkey are vulnerable to earthquakes, Turkish media reported on...

Turkey, Lebanon the least positive among 116 countries: poll

Turkey and Lebanon are the least positive nations in the world, according to Gallup’s 2021 Global Emotions Report. The 2021 Global Emotions report offers a...

Retired general petitions Turkey’s top court against life sentence

Retired general Çetin Doğan has submitted an individual application to Turkey’s Constitutional Court with regard to his life sentence, which was handed down in...

US appeals court rejects Turkey’s attempt to dismiss lawsuit against Erdoğan guards

A US district appeals court in Washington, D.C., has rejected Turkish government motions to dismiss two lawsuits filed by protesters who were attacked by...

Investigation launched into Turkish mayor for targeting refugees

Prosecutors have launched an investigation into an opposition mayor in northwestern Turkey who recently announced he would take radical steps to persuade refugees to...

Municipality demolishes headquarters of TV station shut down over Gülen links

Municipal teams in İstanbul on Tuesday demolished the former headquarters of Samanyolu TV, one of the country’s major networks before President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s...

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