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Turkish police seize fake currencies worth $115 million in Istanbul

Turkish police have seized a cache of counterfeit foreign currencies worth around $115 million in İstanbul and arrested five foreign nationals suspected of planning...

Turkey arrests 13 in dessert chain probe over alleged Gülen links

A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of 13 people previously detained in connection with a probe into Antiochia Künefe, a popular dessert...

İstanbul Bar executive freed pending trial on terrorism charges

Fırat Epözdemir, a board member of the İstanbul Bar Association who is standing trial on charges of membership in a terrorist organization and disseminating...

Turkey’s Q1 growth lags behind forecasts at 2 percent: report

Turkey's economy grew 2 percent in the first quarter of the year, official data showed on Friday, falling short of expectations amid a tight...

Turkey says Ukraine, Russia want ceasefire ahead of possible talks

Turkey's foreign minister said Friday that both Russia and Ukraine wanted a ceasefire, as he visited Kyiv ahead of a potential second round of...

Members of Turkey’s main opposition party face up to 15 years over courthouse protest

A Turkish court has accepted an indictment seeking prison terms up to 15 years and political bans for 26 members of the main opposition...

Turkey sees 80 percent rise in adolescent suicide rates: UNICEF

Adolescent suicide rates in Turkey surged by 80 percent between 2018 and 2022, one of the steepest increases globally, according to a recent UNICEF report...

Turkey pushes law to censor Quran translations deemed ‘improper’ by religious authority

A Turkish parliamentary committee has approved a controversial bill that would authorize the seizure and destruction of Quran translations deemed objectionable by the state-run...

Turkish opposition party leader accuses Erdoğan of enabling online gambling

Turkish opposition party leader Ali Babacan has accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of enabling online gambling by authorizing licenses, claiming that the government is...

Turkey’s justice ministry rejects appeal from jailed PKK executive amid peace process

The Turkish Ministry of Justice has rejected an appeal filed by Şemdin Sakık, a former senior executive of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK),...

Turkey blocks access to 454 Grup Yorum videos on YouTube

Turkish authorities have blocked access to 454 videos of the folk protest band Grup Yorum on YouTube, citing national security and public order concerns,...

‘Legend’ Muslera bids farewell to Galatasaray after 551 appearances

Uruguayan international goalkeeper Fernando Muslera made his departure from Galatasaray official on Thursday, when he announced that after 14 seasons with the Turkish club,...

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