30.4 C
Frankfurt am Main

CATEGORY

Headline

Turkey ranked 48th among 191 countries in UN Human Development Index

Turkey was ranked 48th in the 2021-2022 Human Development Index published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday. The latest Human Development Report,...

Justice Ministry statistics reveal a surge in criminal investigations in 2021

Turkey saw a surge in criminal investigations last year, with 2.4 million cases opened concerning theft, fraud and drug-related and sexual offenses, Deutsche Welle...

Jailed Kurdish politician faces 43 years in prison on propaganda charges

A new indictment seeks a prison sentence of up to 43 years for a Kurdish politician who was already convicted of terrorism-related charges and...

Man behind ByLock app walks free after benefiting from repentance law

An İstanbul court has declined to impose a sentence on a Turkish-American who holds the license for ByLock, an encrypted messaging app banned in...

Greece plans to extend fence on land border with Turkey

Greece plans to extend a cement and barbed-wire fence along its northern border with Turkey to prevent migrants from entering the country, Reuters reported...

One century on, political fights rage over Turkey’s stray dogs

Ubiquitous and iconic, İstanbul's street dogs have been swept up in a political storm involving President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and an app that helped...

France raises Russian sanctions-busting with Turkey

France's top diplomat on Monday raised the danger of Russia using Turkey to avoid Ukraine-related sanctions during a sensitive visit to Ankara that tried...

Israel approves civil aviation agreement with Turkey: Israeli PM

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has announced the approval of a civil aviation agreement with Turkey as the two countries continue to move steadily...

Erdoğan challenges Greece over airspace violations

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday warned Greece it would pay a "heavy price" if it kept on harassing Turkish fighter jets over the...

[ANALYSIS] Turkey’s critical defense projects under cyber attack

Fatih Yurtsever* Chinese cybersecurity firm NSFOCUS has released a report detailing cyber attacks by a new advanced persistent threat (APT) hacking group called Muren Shark...

Turkish gov’t spent $307 mln on representation in first half of 2022

A total of TL 5.6 billion ($307 million) was spent for representation and expenses incurred for receptions at public institutions in Turkey in the first six...

Erdoğan attacks opposition MP, calls him a ‘terrorist’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed that an opposition lawmaker who recently called Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) a “criminal organization”...

Latest news