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İstanbul Mayor Topbaş resigns

İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Kadir Topbaş announced on Friday that he had resigned as mayor but would continue in politics with the ruling Justice...

Pro-gov’t daily columnist resigns over row concerning ex-minister’s corruption

Star daily columnist Ahmet Taşgetiren announced on Friday that he had resigned from the newspaper after editors sided with three other columnists in a...

Turkey to grant citizenship to 50,000 Syrians, Interior Ministry says

Turkey’s Interior Ministry said on Friday that it is processing citizenship applications for around 50,000 Syrians who had sought refuge in Turkey after the...

Crown of Miss Turkey 2017 taken away due to tweet on failed coup attempt

The crown of Miss Turkey 2017, Itır Esen, was taken away by contest organizers over one of her tweets on the anniversary of a...

Nigerian official to meet with Turkish ambassador over illegal arms import

A top Nigerian official was to meet with the Turkish ambassador to Nigeria on Friday after a container containing hundreds of guns from Turkey...

HDP says approving parliamentary motion means reaffirming OHAL

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party spokesperson Osman Baydemir has said approving a parliamentary motion to extend a mandate for another year allowing the Turkish government...

Syrian activist, journalist daughter murdered in İstanbul

Syrian opposition activist Orouba Barakat and her 22-year-old journalist daughter, Halla Barakat, were found early Friday morning with their throats slashed in their İstanbul’...

Pro-Erdoğan TV channel to be established in Germany with Turkish Embassy’s help

An Internet television channel called Z-23, which will promote Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Germany, is...

Motion to extend mandate for cross-border operations presented to Parliament

A motion to extend a mandate for another year to conduct cross-border operations after the holding of a referendum on independence on Sunday by...

Iraqi Kurds face pressure to cancel independence referendum

International objections against an independence referendum to be held by Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Sep. 25 are mounting, NY Times reported on Thursday. According...

Detention warrants issued for 44 including lawyers over Gülen links

The İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 44 people including 33 lawyers as part of an investigation into İzmir bar...

Erdoğan praises Merkel for not criticizing Turkey’s policies

Amid tension between Berlin and Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday that he was hopeful about Turkey’s relations with Germany and...

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