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Saudi air defense general visits Turkey’s top maker of military electronics

Maj. Gen. Abdullah Mesfer Al-Fasili of Saudi Arabia’s air defense forces visited Turkish defense contractor ASELSAN on Tuesday for talks on current projects and...

Turkish journalist briefly detained over social media posts allegedly insulting Erdoğan

Turkish journalist Sedef Kabaş was briefly detained on accusations of “insulting the president” and “inciting crime,” the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing the...

Turkey to sell Boydak family’s textile giant Boyteks seized after 2016 coup attempt

Turkey’s state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has put Boyteks Tekstil, one of the country’s largest textile manufacturers, previously owned by the Boydak family,...

Poverty, gangs push more children into crime in Turkey

Children in Turkey are being drawn into crime as poverty deepens and gangs recruit minors, according to an analysis published by BBC’s Turkish service...

PKK spokesman says Syria clashes are setback for peace with Turkey

A spokesman for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said Tuesday that recent clashes between Syria’s military and Kurdish forces are a setback for...

US senator says Syria, aligned with Turkey, threatens Kurds, vows sanctions bill

US Senator Lindsey Graham on Tuesday said Syrian Kurds are “under threat from the new Syrian government that is aligned with Turkey” and that...

Erdoğan’s AKP adds 4 more mayors as defections from opposition continue

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday welcomed four opposition mayors into the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), personally pinning their party badges on...

Actor, producer removed from popular Turkish series as drug probe targets celebrities

A Turkish actor and a prominent television producer have been removed from popular TV series after authorities said their drug tests were positive, the...

Chinese e-commerce platform Temu halts overseas orders for Turkey

Chinese e-commerce platform Temu has halted overseas orders for users in Turkey, limiting sales to products shipped from local warehouses, the Karar daily reported...

EU rapporteur slams ruling in İmamoğlu diploma case as court rejects appeal

Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament rapporteur on Turkey, has sharply criticized a Turkish court’s decision to reject jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s appeal...

Jailed PKK leader Öcalan gifts hand-woven rug to Turkey’s far-right leader in unusual gesture

Devlet Bahçeli, leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has said he received a handwoven rug commissioned by Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader...

Attack attempt outside Diyarbakır police headquarters leaves no casualties; 13 detained

An attempted attack involving an improvised explosive device (IED) outside police headquarters in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır prompted a security operation that led...

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