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Turkey edge into Euros last 16 with tense win over Czechs

Turkey reached the knockout phase at a major tournament for the first time in 16 years after a bad-tempered 2-1 win over a battling...

Turkey has ‘systematically failed to detect foreign bribery’: OECD report

A recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report published on June 20 raised significant concerns about Turkey's enforcement of laws penalizing foreign...

Turkish gov’t refuses to raise minimum wage in July despite soaring inflation

A minister from Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has ruled out the prospects of an interim increase in the monthly minimum wage...

Turkish Airlines offers discounts to members of pro-Erdoğan lobbying group in Europe

Turkey’s national flag carrier, Turkish Airlines, is offering discounts on ticket sales to members of the Union of International Democrats (UID), the ruling Justice...

Turkey begins trial of 5 former MPs from pro-Kurdish party over Kobani protests

A Turkish court on Tuesday began to hear the trial of five former lawmakers from a pro-Kurdish party over their alleged role in violent...

UK warns citizens traveling to Turkey against sexual attacks in coastal tourist areas

The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FDCO) has updated its travel warning for UK citizens planning to visit Turkey, advising them to be...

German man released from prison in Turkey after serving 6 years on terror charges

Patrick Kraicker, a 35-year-old German citizen, has been released from a prison near Ankara after serving more than six years on a terrorism-related conviction,...

PEN Int’l calls on Turkey to drop charges against sociologist in exile

PEN International has said Turkish authorities should drop all charges against prominent sociologist and PEN Turkey member Pınar Selek over a deadly 1998 explosion...

Turkey’s wildfire toll hits 15 as experts flag faulty wires

The death toll from a massive wildfire that ripped through Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast last week has risen to 15, hospital sources said on...

Court blocks access to news reports about Turkish judge dismissed over accusations of blackmail

A Turkish court has blocked access to news reports about Judge Gül A., who was dismissed following a number of allegations including threats, blackmail,...

Jailed vice chair of pro-Kurdish party writes letter of solidarity with Gaza

Imprisoned former vice chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has written a letter of solidarity with the people in Gaza, saying Israel...

Top EU court rules refugee status prevents extradition of Kurdish man to Turkey

The European Union’s highest court ruled Tuesday that a Kurdish man with refugee status in Italy cannot be extradited from Germany to Turkey, where...

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