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Largest UAE bank in advanced talks to buy Turkey’s Yapı Kredi: report

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) is in advanced talks to acquire Turkish conglomerate Koç Group's 61.2 percent stake in...

27 more May Day demonstrators detained in house raids in İstanbul

Turkish police detained 27 more people who resisted law enforcement in İstanbul on May Day in an attempt to hold a demonstration in central...

Turkey announces day of mourning over death of Iranian president

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Monday his country would observe a day of mourning over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in...

6,505 babies born to underage mothers in Turkey in 2023

Turkey recorded a significant number of underage births in 2023, with 6,505 births among girls aged 15-17 and 130 births to girls under 15,...

At least 2,500 young workers died in occupational accidents in a decade: report

Turkey has recorded at least 2,500 deaths in work-related accidents since 2013, according to a report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG), the...

İmamoğlu slammed for wasting municipal resources on lavish trip to Rome

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has come under fire for using municipal resources to take dozens of journalists on a trip to Rome in a...

Police chiefs among 7 arrested over probe into mob boss with alleged ties to former minister

One junior and two senior police chiefs along with four others have been arrested as part of an investigation into organized crime boss Ayhan...

Turkish Airlines to restart flights to Afghanistan

Turkish Airlines will resume flights to Kabul on May 21, its first since the US forces' chaotic withdrawal in 2021 when the Afghan capital's...

Fenerbahçe win at Galatasaray to prolong Turkish title race

Fenerbahçe kept the Turkish title race alive on Sunday as they won 1-0 with 10 men at leaders Galatasaray in an electric İstanbul derby. The...

EU funds pro-Erdoğan foundations, think tanks in Turkey: journalist

The European Union is funding projects of foundations and think tanks that support Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party...

Lengthy prison terms handed down to Kurdish leaders draw global condemnation

An Ankara court’s verdict handing down lengthy prison sentences to dozens of Kurdish politicians, including imprisoned leaders Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, has drawn...

Rights groups say Kobani trial aimed at excluding Kurds from political life

Human Rights Watch and the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project have accused Turkey of criminalizing free speech to ensure the arbitrary detention of...

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