19.5 C
Frankfurt am Main

CATEGORY

Top Stories

Police briefly detain 20 in Ankara for protesting Turkey’s ongoing trade with Israel

Turkish police detained 20 protesters in Ankara on October 7 during a demonstration against Turkey’s ongoing trade with Israel, despite a government-imposed ban. The protest,...

Hamas fundraisers in Turkey among targets of new US sanctions

A Yemeni national living in Turkey and nine of his businesses have been hit by new US sanctions targeting an international Hamas fundraising network,...

Turkey, Brazil main buyers of Russian seaborne diesel after EU embargo: report

Turkey and Brazil have been the main importers of Russian seaborne diesel and gas oil since the European Union banned the import of Russian...

DNA tests confirm identity of 17-year-old girl’s killer, his 2014 suicide

DNA tests have confirmed that the remains of Cem Garipoğlu, convicted of murdering a 17-year-old girl in 2009, match those of his mother and...

At İstanbul church, blessed spring offers hope to Christians and Muslims

The queue outside İstanbul's Our Lady of Vefa church stretched more than 200 meters, made up of Christians and Muslims chatting animatedly as they...

Over 190,000 sexual offense cases were investigated in Turkey in 2023

Turkey’s chief public prosecutors opened a total of 193,212 sexual offense investigations in 2023, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing the Judicial Statistics...

Turkey’s top court annuls ban on damages for civil servants dismissed after 2016 failed coup

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled the provision of a decree preventing civil servants dismissed under emergency decrees in the aftermath of a coup attempt...

A year into Israel’s war on Gaza, Turkey toughens rhetoric while continuing to trade with Tel Aviv

As Israel’s war on Gaza continues into its second year, Turkey has intensified its public condemnation, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accusing Israeli Prime...

Wife of Turkey’s former president reports missing cash after security search at Heathrow

Bünyamin Tekin Hayrünnisa Gül, the wife of Turkey’s former President Abdullah Gül, reported that cash went missing following a security search at London’s Heathrow Airport,...

Turkey mulls banning Discord over its alleged use in child abuse, online harassment

Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu has signaled that the government is considering banning Discord, a popular communication app, in the wake...

Greece, Turkey introduce new rules for minority schools in controversial moves

Turkey’s Education Ministry has introduced new restrictions affecting Greek minority schools in İstanbul, reciprocating a similar move by Greece for Muslim minority schools in...

Erdoğan says on Gaza war anniversary that Israel will pay price for ‘genocide’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday vowed that Israel would pay a price for the "genocide" in Gaza, as he marked the first...

Latest news