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[Opinion] How did Turkey become a safe haven for money launderers?

Sevgi Akarçeşme There’s not a single week that Turkey isn’t rattled by a new scandal. So much so that the country has become immune to...

Violent pushbacks of migrants have become de facto Greek border policy: Amnesty

Greek border forces are violently and illegally detaining groups of refugees and migrants before summarily returning them to Turkey, contravening the country's human rights...

Health minister says 134 diagnosed with delta variant of coronavirus in Turkey

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced that 134 people have been diagnosed with the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus in Turkey,...

Turkish gov’t cancels financial aid of students protesting Erdoğan-appointed rector

Turkish authorities have canceled the student loans and scholarships of at least 100 university students because they participated in protests against the appointment of a...

Babacan denies reports of DEVA merger with Future Party

Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) leader Ali Babacan on Wednesday said claims of his party merging with Ahmed Davutoğlu’s Future Party (GP) are unfounded,...

TurkStat postpones announcement of data revealing impact of COVID-19

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has decided to postpone the announcement of mortality figures for 2020, which are expected to shed light on the...

Lawyer posts photos of former Kyrgyz official suspected of role in İnandı’s disappearance

A lawyer representing a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator in Kyrgyzstan who is allegedly being held against his will at the Turkish Embassy in Bishkek on Tuesday...

Half ton of cocaine seized at port in southern Turkey

Turkish customs on Tuesday seized 463 kilograms of cocaine in a container from Ecuador in the southern province of Mersin, Turkey’s Trade Minister Mehmet...

Turkey launches phase 3 trials for domestically produced vaccine

Phase 3 trials have begun for Turkovac, Turkey's locally developed vaccination against COVID-19, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Wednesday. The clinical trials will be conducted...

AKP may lose 5 pct of vote if pro-Kurdish party is closed down: pollster

Professor Özer Sencer, owner of the Ankara-based MetroPOLL, has said Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) may lose 5 percent of the Kurdish...

Senior presidency employee elected head of Turkey’s Court of Accounts

A personnel manager from the presidency has been elected by parliament as the new president of the Court of Accounts, the government body responsible...

Refugees in Turkey left out of COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Many refugees in Turkey have not been able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 because of language barriers and a lack of knowledge about their...

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