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Former member of top court gets 12 years, 9 months for Gülen movement ‘membership’

The Supreme Court of Appeals on Wednesday issued a final verdict for a former member and sentenced him to 12 years, nine months' imprisonment...

Turkey’s finance minister courts investors in London, promises stable lira: report

Turkey expects the lira to remain around its current level after suffering a 44 percent slump against the dollar last year, Finance Minister Nureddin...

Former ECtHR judge resigns from Ankara bar over ‘censored’ report on torture

Rıza Türmen, a former judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and head of the Ankara Bar Association's human rights committee, has...

26 social media users briefly detained over Erdoğan COVID posts

Public prosecutors across Turkey briefly detained and released 26 people under investigation due to their social media posts about the health of President Recep Tayyip...

Mob boss who allegedly had shady relations with Turkish gov’t officials killed in Cyprus attack

Turkish Cypriot mob boss Halil Falyalı, who owned several casinos and hotels in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC), a self-proclaimed state on...

US lawmakers urge Defense and State departments to reject Turkey’s bid to buy F-16s

Led by US Congressmen Frank Pallone Jr. and Gus Bilirakis, 53 US representatives on Friday wrote a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken...

Turkey’s media watchdog gives int’l news websites 72 hours to get licenses

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has given international news agencies operating in the country a 72-hour deadline to apply for...

High energy prices put more pressure on Turks

When temperatures plunged well below freezing in Ankara and energy prices soared, Döndü İşler had to make a tough choice to both stay warm...

Lawyers organizations call on Ankara Bar Association to publish report on torture

Six lawyers organizations have called on the Ankara Bar Association to publish a report on allegations of torture made by detainees held at a...

Former major rendered from Ukraine by MİT arrested over the killing of academic

Nuri Gökhan Bozkır, a former Turkish military officer who is accused by the Turkish government in the unsolved murder of academic Necip Hablemitoğlu and...

Healthcare workers stage strike across Turkey for improvement of working conditions

Physicians and healthcare workers who are members of Turkey’s leading healthcare unions went on a one-day strike on Tuesday to protest grueling work hours,...

Ukraine to test Turkish Bayraktar armed drones in military exercise

Ukraine is preparing to test the Bayraktar TB2 armed drones it bought from Turkey in a 10-day military exercise that will start on Feb....

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