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Greek court rules to extradite former Erdoğan confidant who revealed govt’s dirty laundry

Cevheri Güven A Greek court on Wednesday ruled to arrest and extradite to Turkey Ali Yeşildağ, a former confidant of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who...

Turkey’s top court annuls article enabling internet censorship

Turkey's Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled a controversial article of law that authorized the government to remove or restrict access to online content on...

More than 247,000 foreigners left Turkey in 2023: official data

A total of 247,062 foreign nationals possessing residence permits left Turkey last year, according to a report in Turkish economy news outlet Ekonomim on...

Turkish competition board to fine Meta Platforms $160,000 a day

Turkey's competition authority said on Wednesday that it had decided to fine Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc 4.8 million lira ($160,000) a day for...

Veteran actor investigated for calling Erdoğan a ‘thief’ in 2016 tweet

A 76-year-old Turkish actor is facing charges of insulting the president for referring to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a “thief” in a tweet...

38 people in 12 provinces detained over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police detained 38 people in raids carried out across the country for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group accused by...

Kosovo police detain 2 Turkish nationals on INTERPOL Red Notices

The Kosovo police announced on Tuesday the detention of two Turkish nationals who are wanted on INTERPOL Red Notices, the state-run Anadolu news agency...

Demirtaş calls on Erdoğan, nationalist politicians to discuss ‘democratic autonomy’ for Kurds

Jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş has called on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and nationalist party leaders to discuss on live television “democratic autonomy” for...

Turkish courts arrested 27 journalists in 2023: report

Journalists in Turkey made 563 court appearances in 2023, with the courts arresting 27 out of 72 journalists who were detained by law enforcement,...

Minister Şimşek not to attend event with US investors in person due to busy schedule

Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek, who was to travel to New York this week with Central Bank Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan to hold an...

İstanbul vote to send Erdoğan a message of democracy, İmamoğlu says

Opposition İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu said in an interview with Reuters on Monday that local elections in March will deliver a message to President...

Elderly nun dies after falling down stairs at Mor Gabriel Monastery

An 80-year-old nun died after falling down the stairs at the Mor Gabriel Monastery in the southeastern Turkish province of Mardin, the private DHA...

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