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İstanbul’s new airport attracts 40 million passengers in first year: minister
Turkey’s İstanbul Airport has welcomed over 40 million
air passengers since its opening last year, the transport and infrastructure
minister said on Monday, according to the...
Turkey orders detention of 2,073 Gülen followers in July: ministry
According to Turkey’s deputy interior minister, İsmail
Çataklı 2,073 suspects were detained in July as part of a post-coup crackdown
targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, the...
Turkey ranks first in arms deliveries from Germany
Turkey
led among countries receiving weapons shipments from Germany, Deutsche Welle
Turkish service reported on Tuesday.In
the first four months of the year, Turkey received weapons worth...
Turkish military launches operation against PKK in northern Iraq
Turkey’s military has launched an operation with
commandos, backed by artillery and airstrikes, against Kurdistan Workers’ Party
(PKK) militants in a mountainous area of northern Iraq,...
Ministry blocks prosecution of Turkish lawyer beaten by Erdoğan’s bodyguards
Turkey’s
Justice Ministry denied permission to launch a prosecution against Sertuğ
Sürenoğlu, a lawyer who in April was reportedly beaten up by President Recep
Tayyip Erdoğan’s security...
Tourism numbers surge in Turkey in 2018: ministry
Nearly 40 million foreign tourists visited Turkey in 2018, an increase of more than 21 percent over the previous year, according to Tourism Ministry...
9 killed, 86 injured in Ankara train crash
Nine people were killed and 86 injured when a high-speed train crashed into a locomotive in a suburb of Turkey’s capital of Ankara early...
Another appeal against Booking.com ban rejected by Turkish court
A Turkish court of appeals has rejected a renewed appeal filed by Dutch-based online hotel booking platform Booking.com against a ban on its activities...
Detention warrants issued for 80 in Ankara over Gülen links
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 80 people over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, which is...
Interior Ministry: 106,740 guns reported missing in 2017
A total of 106,740 guns were reported to be missing or stolen in 2017, according to a report from the Interior Ministry, raising concerns...
Detention warrants issued for 47 at 2 ministries over Gülen links
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued detention warrants for 30 people working at the Education Ministry and for 17 others at the...
Interior Ministry files complaints against CHP, HDP deputies over Külter case
Turkey's Interior Ministry has filed criminal complaints against three opposition party deputies and a lawyer over a controversy concerning the whereabouts of pro-Kurdish Democratic...