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Ankara takes new measures against pandemic as country grapples with second wave

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday announced a new set of measures to curb a surge in COVID-19 cases. "Malls,...

Babacan visits family of Kurdish villager allegedly beaten to death, demands justice

Ali Babacan, leader of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), has visited the family of a Kurdish villager who was allegedly beaten to death...

TTB estimates show daily number of Turkey’s coronavirus infections at 87,000

As the Turkish government does not reveal the total number of daily coronavirus infections in the country, a member of the Turkish Medical Association...

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 ErdoÄŸan will deliver on his latest promise of a new wave of reforms...

Ä°stanbul 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...

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