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EU medical aid flown to Turkey will reach northern Syria on December 31: WHO

Some 50 tons of EU-funded medical supplies that were flown to Turkey from Dubai are expected to enter Syria on December 31, a UN...

Erdoğan under fire for insufficient minimum wage hike as inflation bites

Opposition parties and labor unions have criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for being out of touch with the daily problems of Turks, who...

Turkey’s top appeals court overturns sentences of 31 privates in 2016 attempted coup case

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of 31 soldiers sentenced to life in prison over their alleged involvement in a 2016...

Turkish defense contractor wins top software exporter award for NATO intelligence project

Turkish defense contractor STM has received the "Top Software Exporter" award for its NATO intelligence infrastructure project, INTEL-FS2, the company announced on December 27. The...

Turkish analyst taken off air after calling for killing Syrian Kurdish militants on BBC

Bekir Atacan, a Turkish analyst and frequent pro-Ankara commentator on Arab-language channels, was cut off by a BBC News Arabic host on Wednesday after...

Turkey lowers interest rate to 47.5 percent

Turkey's central bank lowered its key interest rate on Thursday, the first cut in nearly two years as it battles double-digit inflation, Agence France-Presse...

Turkey to allow pro-Kurdish party to visit jailed PKK leader: report

The Turkish government will allow parliament's pro-Kurdish opposition party to hold talks with Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK),...

Turkey to soon open consulate general in Aleppo

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that Turkey will soon open a consulate general in Aleppo, following the resumption of embassy operations in Damascus...

Turkish philanthropist Melek İpek decries ‘great injustice’ from prison

Melek İpek, the 78-year-old mother of self-exiled businessman Akın İpek and a well-regarded philanthropist, said from prison that she has suffered a “great injustice”...

Erdoğan says Kurdish militia in Syria will be buried if they fail to lay down arms: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that Kurdish militants in Syria will either lay down their arms or "be buried,” amid hostilities...

Turkey to begin maritime talks with Syria, eyes Mediterranean energy exploration

Turkey plans to negotiate a maritime boundary agreement with Syria to boost energy exploration in the Mediterranean, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Abdülkadir Uraloğlu announced...

Opposition lawmaker resigns amid rumors of joining ruling AKP

Mustafa Nedim Yamalı, an MP for Ankara and one of the founders of the opposition Future Party (GP), has resigned from the party amid...

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