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Turkey wastes up to 40 pct of annual food production: report

Turkey wastes food worth $37.7 billion per year, losing or wasting 25 to 40 percent of the vegetables it produces annually, the Ahval news agency reported,...

Seven, including 5 Turkish children, dead after boat capsized in Aegean

Seven people, including five children, died Friday after their inflatable dinghy capsized off the islet cluster of Oinousses in the eastern Aegean, the Ekathimerini news website...

ErdoÄŸan’s AKP membership seen sliding further as dissent grows: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) faces more defections after losing 840,000 members in the last year, former loyalists say,...

Former intelligence official given 12-year jail sentence due to Gülen links

Basri Aktepe, a former National Intelligence Organization (MÄ°T) official who was removed from his post in the aftermath of a failed coup in July 2016, has...

AKP deputy says Turkey went outside the law in trials of Gülen followers, purge victims

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ä°stanbul deputy Mustafa YeneroÄŸlu, who has recently been publicly criticizing the policies of his party, has said Turkey has gone...

ErdoÄŸan, Ä°stanbul mayor spar over number of post-quake assembly zones in city

In the wake of a magnitude 5.8 earthquake that shook Ä°stanbul on Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan said there are tens of thousands of post-earthquake...

Turkish pro-gov’t media tycoon presses charges against journalist over article

Serhat Albayrak, vice chairman of the board of directors at the pro-government Turkuvaz media group, has filed a lawsuit against government-critical journalist and academic Ceren Sözeri over...

Turkish scientist gets 15 months for revealing secret documents on public health

A Turkish court on Thursday handed down a 15-month prison sentence to Bülent Şık, a scientist and columnist, who was accused of revealing secret documents in...

Following Erdoğan’s remarks, police fine more than 5,000 for smoking in cars

Following remarks made by President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan on Saturday arguing that smoking inside private vehicles, for both drivers and passengers, must be prohibited,...

2 injured in bomb attack targeting Turkish engineers’ car in Somalia

At least two people were injured in a bomb attack targeting a Turkish education organization vehicle in Somalia’s capital on Thursday, the state-run Anadolu...

5.8 magnitude earthquake shakes buildings in Ä°stanbul with mild damage

A moderate 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook buildings and damaged two mosques in Ä°stanbul on Thursday, slightly injuring eight people and causing residents to rush...

Turkish parliament speaker’s office denies receiving 2016 coup attempt inquiry report

The speaker’s office of the Turkish parliament has denied having in its archives a parliamentary inquiry report on a 2016 attempted coup that was...

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