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Turkey’s largest state-owned bank records 39 percent profit drop in Q3: report

Ziraat Bank, Turkey’s largest state-owned lender, said net income in the third quarter dropped by 39 percent year-on-year, the Ahval news website reported on Wednesday. Profit declined...

US senators enlist NBA’s Kanter to push bill condemning rights abuse in Turkey

Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter, a vocal critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, teamed up with two Democratic US senators on Tuesday as they introduced...

House members urge Trump to rescind invitation to Erdoğan

US Representative Eliot L. Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Monday led House members in pressing President Donald Trump to rescind his invitation to...

Erdoğan says will tell Trump US failed to fulfill Syria deal: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday he would tell President Donald Trump that the United States has not fulfilled its agreement last month to...

Turkey needs EU economically, German lawmaker says in response to Erdoğan’s ISIL threat

German deputy Norbert Röttgen on Tuesday said Turkey is in need of Europe’s support to sustain its economy, in an apparent reaction to President Recep Tayyip...

Turkey records higher-than-expected $2.48 bln current account surplus in September

Turkey’s current account recorded a higher-than-expected surplus of $2.48 billion in September, data from the central bank showed on Tuesday, with support from tourism revenues and...

Erdoğan threatens to send ISIL fighters to Europe: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has issued a thinly veiled threat that Turkey could release jailed Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters and send...

Germany says man deported by Turkey not ISIL member

The German government has announced that a German citizen who was deported by Turkey for alleged membership in the Islamic State in Iraq and...

Turkey vows to continue Cyprus drilling activities despite EU sanctions

In the wake of a decision from European Union foreign ministers on Monday who agreed on economic sanctions due to Turkey’s drilling off the coast of...

ISIL fighter deported by Turkey gets stuck at Turkish-Greek border

A man with alleged links to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was stranded on Monday in the middle of a Turkish-Greek border...

Turkish army pension fund quits British Steel purchase talks: report

Turkish military pension fund OYAK said on Monday that its subsidiary, Ataer Holding, had ended talks to buy British Steel after deciding the acquisition was not...

Hanover makes history in mayor’s race by electing son of Turkish immigrants

Belit Onay, a German Green party lawmaker with Turkish roots, won a runoff election on Sunday to become mayor of the city of Hanover, Deutsche Welle...

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