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Turkey investigates 30 over tweets about Erdoğan’s health

Turkey’s Security Directorate General announced on Wednesday that legal action has been taken against 30 people who commented about the health of President Recep...

Turkey detains 17 for attempting to put bags over heads of US naval personnel

Seventeen members of the Turkish Youth Union (TGB), an organization linked to the neo-nationalist Homeland Party (VP), were detained after attempting to put bags over...

Former pro-Kurdish MP detained following raid in SE Turkey

Behçet Yıldırım, a former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was taken into custody after gendarmes raided his house in the southeastern...

Iranian-Turkish gold trader released on bail by US gov’t in 2018, documents show

Newly released judicial documents have revealed that Reza Zarrab, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who back in 2017 struck a plea deal in a sanctions...

Turkish inflation climbs to near 20 percent amid interest rate cuts

Turkey's annual inflation rate rose to its highest in more than 2-1/2 years in October, data showed on Wednesday, as the central bank, under...

‘Eternal’ wine revives Assyrian culture in Turkey

Assyrian merchant Yuhanna AktaÅŸ no longer has to hide from villagers in his conservative corner of southern Turkey that the grapes they harvest are...

41 US lawmakers oppose possible F-16 sale to Turkey

Led by US Congressman Chris Pappas, 41 US lawmakers wrote a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken opposing US plans to sell Turkey...

Mob boss claims to have more explicit sex tapes featuring prominent Turks

Notorious Turkish mob boss Sedat Peker said on Monday that he is in possession of sex tapes featuring prominent figures from Turkey, and of...

Turkey issues detention warrants for 100 people over alleged Gülen links

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday ordered the detention of 100 public and private sector employees due to alleged links to the Gülen...

96-year-old woman facing judicial ordeal due to ErdoÄŸan insult charges

A 96-year-old woman is being forced to travel more than 500 kilometers from her home to receive treatment as part of judicial measures imposed...

MP submits parliamentary question about SADAT’s controversial activities

A lawmaker from the Turkish legislature has submitted a parliamentary question about SADAT, a paramilitary group linked to President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, and its...

On 4th anniversary of arrest, Kavala says his image severely damaged

Prominent Turkish businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who on Monday  marked the fourth anniversary of his arrest at an İstanbul prison, said his image has...

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