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Investigation into İstanbul mayor over Kanal İstanbul launched with minister’s approval

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said he approved the launch of an investigation into İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu over his objections to Kanal...

Opponents find Erdoğan’s latest promise of reforms in economy, judiciary insincere

Opposition figures have expressed doubts over whether Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will deliver on his latest promise of a new wave of reforms...

İstanbul Municipality takes new measures to contain pandemic

The Municipality of İstanbul, Turkey’s most populous city, has announced new measures aimed at bringing the surging number of coronavirus infections in the city...

Former AKP deputy claims calls for coronavirus lockdown aimed at sparking Gezi-like protests

Metin Külünk, a former deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party, has claimed that opposition circles asking for a lockdown in Turkey to...

Court acquits police officer charged with killing student during Nevruz celebrations

A Turkish court has acquitted a police officer who shot a university student to death during Nevruz celebrations in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır...

Turkish military’s role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Cevheri Güven An armed conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh has ended following a diplomatic intervention by Russia, which has become even more...

Former military cadets among 54 sought on Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors issued detention warrants for 54 people over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, a religious group accused by Ankara of instigating...

Turkish MPs not asked to self-quarantine after lawmaker tests positive for COVID-19

Members of the Turkish Parliament were not asked to self-quarantine after a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) tested positive for COVID-19,...

State-owned Turkish companies in tax havens will move to Turkey over fear of sanctions

A fear of sanctions has prompted Ankara to enable state-owned Turkish companies located in tax havens to move their assets to Turkey, the Cumhuriyet...

Motion seeking military deployment in Azerbaijan submitted to Turkish Parliament

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, president of Turkey and leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), on Monday submitted a motion to the Turkish...

Turkey’s disaster authority bans mayors in İzmir from making post-earthquake comments

Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) has ordered the mayors in İzmir province, which was hit by a powerful earthquake last month, to...

Turkey’s coronavirus crisis feared to be spiraling out of control

Alarming surges in coronavirus cases across Turkey and reports of hospitals running out of beds to accommodate coronavirus patients have raised fears about the...

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