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German dentist faces up to 4 years in prison for allegedly insulting Turkey

A 63-year-old dentist from the western German city of Wuppertal faces up to four years in prison in Turkey for allegedly insulting the Turkish...

More than 100 police and military officers detained over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 104 former and active duty police and military officers in two separate operations based in the western province of...

55 million lira spent in 10 months to maintain gardens of ErdoÄŸan’s palaces

The Turkish government had spent 55 million lira as of November to maintain the gardens of presidential palaces around the country, a columnist from...

Qatari Emir Al Thani: Erdoğan’s generous friend

Qatar has acquired 10 percent of the Ä°stanbul Stock Exchange (Borsa Ä°stanbul) by paying two-and-a-half times its market value. This is not the first...

Opposition deputy investigated for criticizing sale of military tank factory to Qatar

An investigation has been launched into a deputy from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) for criticizing Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party...

Turkish Justice Ministry expands operations to cope with skyrocketing debt collection, bankruptcy cases

An overwhelming number of debt collection and bankruptcy cases has prompted Turkey's Justice Ministry to lease two multi-story buildings in İstanbul , the Sözcü...

Turkey’s intensive care units at 100 percent capacity, says professor

Professor Ä°smail Cinel, head of the Turkish Society of Intensive Care Medicine, has said due to the soaring number of coronavirus cases in Turkey,...

Book for young people banned in Turkey for promoting ‘immorality’

Turkish authorities have banned a book by the famous Austrian writer Christine Nöstlinger on the grounds that it promotes immorality, the Birgün daily reported. The...

20 healthcare professionals in Turkey lost to COVID-19 in a week

Twenty healthcare workers have died over the past week while combatting the coronavirus pandemic, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) announced. More and more healthcare workers...

Minority language newspapers in Turkey in financial bottleneck as state aid cut

The prospects of the survival of minority language newspapers in Turkey look dimmer after the country’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK) failed to make a...

Turkey’s former finance minister Albayrak resigns from Wealth Fund

Former Finance and Treasury Minister Berat Albayrak, a son-in-law to Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, has resigned from his position as the deputy chair...

Fifth anniversary of Kurdish lawyer’s murder commemorated on social media amid pandemic

Tahir Elçi, a prominent Kurdish human rights activist and former head of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, was remembered by his family members, colleagues and...

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