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UN committee raises concerns over continued allegations of torture in Turkey

The UN Committee Against Torture on Friday published its findings on several countries which were reviewed in its latest session, expressing alarm at allegations that...

US hosts ‘Hitler of our age’ Netanyahu without shame: Erdoğan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sharply criticized the United States for hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a recent speech to Congress, calling...

Top court finds public benefit in report on terror-linked ‘gov’t’ award to state-run TRT

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found “public benefit” in a 2019 report by the sendika.org news website concerning an award Turkey’s public broadcaster had received...

Prosecutors find no grounds to investigate statistics agency executives over data manipulation

Prosecutors in Ankara have found no legal grounds to initiate an investigation into executives from the country’s national statistical agency, the Turkish Statistical Institute...

Turkish parliament closed to visitors during talks on stray dogs bill

The Turkish parliament will not accept visitors between July 26 and 29 during which a controversial bill on the management of the country’ stray...

Eliminating ‘separatist terror’ in Syria serves interests of Damascus: Turkey’s security council

Turkey's National Security Council (MGK) convened on Thursday under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, issuing a nine-point statement emphasizing the necessity of...

Turkey and Germany in spicy feud over döner kebab

A spicy row has erupted between Turkey and Germany over what constitutes a döner kebab, with Berlin objecting to a Turkish push for protected...

Turkish opposition leader accuses gov’t of staging ‘financial coup’ against municipalities

Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has accused the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of attempting to...

Another drug cartel leader sought on INTERPOL Red Notice captured in İstanbul

Authorities have taken into custody another international drug cartel leader in Turkey, where many wanted individuals have been captured since Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya...

Turkish gov’t forgave TL 7.5 bln in tax debt, penalties in last decade: opposition MP

Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government wrote off TL 7.5 billion ($227 million) in tax debt and unpaid tax penalties, primarily for wealthy,...

Russian car bomb suspect extradited from Turkey

A Russian man suspected of carrying out a car bombing that wounded two people in Moscow has been extradited from Turkey, Agence France-Presse reported,...

US humiliated itself ‘for the sake of a child killer’: Turkey’s former president

Former Turkish president Abdullah Gül has criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress on Wednesday, condemning the US for hosting...

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