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İstanbul court prohibits access to Uber in Turkey: report

An İstanbul Commercial Court of First Instance on Wednesday ruled for the prohibition of online access to global ridesharing company Uber for engaging in “unfair competition”...

Turkish bank indicted in US for participation in Iran sanctions evasion scheme

Federal prosecutors in New York on Tuesday charged Turkey’s Halkbank with taking part in a multibillion-dollar scheme to evade US sanctions on Iran, Reuters reported. The charges...

Turkish police detain 4 pro-Kurdish HDP mayors on alleged terrorist links

Turkish police detained four mayors from a pro-Kurdish party in dawn raids, widening a crackdown since Ankara launched an incursion into northern Syria a week ago,...

UN: Turkey could be held responsible for summary executions in Syria

Turkey could be deemed responsible for summary executions by an affiliated armed group of captured Kurdish fighters and a politician, acts that may amount to war...

Volkswagen postpones final decision on Turkey investment due to Syria incursion

Volkswagen has postponed the final decision whether to build a car plant in Turkey, the company said, amid international criticism of the country’s military operation in...

Prosecutors to investigate opposition deputy over tweet about Turkey’s military offensive

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday announced it has launched an investigation into Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a deputy from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP),...

EU council condemns Turkey’s incursion into northeast Syria

The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union on Monday condemned Turkey’s military action in northeast Syria, which it said undermines the stability and security of the...

Pro-Turkey forces execute 9 civilians in northeastern Syria: report

Turkish-backed proxies leading a ground offensive on Kurdish-held border towns in northeastern Syria have summarily executed nine civilians including a female politician, a human rights monitor has...

Turkish artillery fire comes close to US forces in Syria: report

Turkish artillery hit close to a US special operations unit near the Syrian city of Kobani on Friday, according to a US official familiar with the...

Turkey briefly detains Europe-based Alevi leader on terror propaganda accusations

Turgut Öker, honorary chairman of the Confederation of European Alevi Unions (AABK), was detained in İstanbul on Friday morning upon his arrival at the airport and later...

Putin warns ISIL militants could escape as a result of Turkish incursion in Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants held in northeast Syria could escape as a result...

AKP deputy says some circles trying to smear him over Uzbek maid’s death

In his first public statement about the alleged suicide of an Uzbek maid in his house last month, ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Şirin...

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