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Turkey’s annual inflation stood at 20.35 percent in January

Turkey’s annual inflation went up by 0.05 percent and stood at 20.35 percent in January, the Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat) said on Monday. According to...

Erdoğan to further curb Turkish parliament: pro-gov’t daily

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and several officials from his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) are preparing to introduce a system change that...

EP members slam Pakistan for designating staff of Gülen-linked school as terrorists

Some members of the European Parliament have strongly condemned the Supreme Court of Pakistan for a ruling in December recognizing former staff members of...

Turkish FM claims some Western countries support jihadist group in Syria

Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has suggested that some Western countries are extending support for Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), a jihadist...

Turkish actress arrested for spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’ during performance

Actress Nazlı Masatçı was sent to jail on Wednesday after being charged with disseminating terrorist propaganda in a play performed by a theater shut...

Turkey’s Constitutional Court rules against sick prisoner’s release after his death

The Turkish Constitutional Court in December denied a request for the release of sick prisoner Celal Şeker, nine months after he passed away, the...

US Consulate employee Uluçay convicted of terrorism

The Mardin 3rd High Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced a US Consulate employee to four-and-a-half years in prison on charges of supporting a terrorist...

Germany reaffirms limitation of arms sales to Turkey over conflict in Syria

The German government has confirmed a continuation of restrictions imposed on arms sales to Ankara due to considerations related to the conflict in Syria,...

Turkey’s central bank trims 2019 inflation forecast from 15.2 pct to 14.6 pct

Turkey’s central bank cut its 2019 inflation forecast to 14.6 percent from a previous 15.2 percent, bank governor Murat Çetinkaya said on Wednesday, Reuters...

[OPINION] Funeral oration for a lost country

Mehmet Efe Çaman The subjective mourning of an academic in exile Does thinking hurt? Sometimes it does, especially when thinking about the past. Things change in...

Turkish retailers to stop selling eggplant, green peppers due to skyrocketing prices

Turkish supermarkets are planning to stop selling eggplant and long green peppers due to skyrocketing prices, the Turkey Retailers Confederation announced on Tuesday, the...

Writer Düzkan surrenders to serve prison sentence for supporting Kurdish daily

Feminist writer and journalist Ayşe Düzkan on Tuesday surrendered to authorities to serve an 18-month jail sentence handed down for acting as the symbolic...

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