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Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatens rivals with jail

Left-wing CHP leader Canan Kaftancioglu inflicted a humiliating defeat on Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul in 2019. Now the Turkish … More

AKP, Canan Kaftancioglu, CHP, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey

Turkey says its ready to repair frayed ties with Europe

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday his country is ready to put its frayed relationship … More

Diplomacy, European Union, International Relations, Turkey

Turkish televangelist and cult leader Harun Yahya jailed 1,000 years for sex crimes

ISTANBUL, Jan 12 : A Turkish court yesterday sentenced a Muslim televangelist who surrounded himself with scantily clad women he … More

Adnan Oktar, Fraud, Harun Yahya, Preacher, Sexual Abuse, The Atlas of Creation, Turkey

Review: Khashoggi doc ‘The Dissident’ is essential viewing

It’s hard to decide what’s most shocking in “The Dissident,” Bryan Fogel’s urgent, gripping new documentary about the horrific murder of Saudi … More

Film, Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia, The Dissident, Turkey, United States

Hospital fire kills 9 COVID-19 patients at ICU in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) : A fire broke out Saturday at an intensive care unit treating COVID-19 patients in southern Turkey … More

Covid19, Fire, Hospital, Turkey

Turkey orders the arrest of hundreds of military over alleged coup ties

Turkey has ordered that 304 military personnel be arrested over alleged links to a group blamed for a 2016 coup … More

Coup, Fethullah Gulen, Military, Turkey

Erdoğan uses syncretism of neo-Ottomanism and pan-Turkism to build Greater Turkey

A common espousal is that Turkey and Azerbaijan constitute “two states, one nation,” and this is not a belief shared … More

Diplomacy, Ottoman, Turkey

In Karabakh deal, as many questions as answers

The deal left unmentioned critical issues like the final status of Nagorno-Karabakh and Turkey’s role in implementing the ceasefire. The … More

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Conflict, Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia, Turkey

Where do old cellphones go? To this collection in Turkey if they’re lucky

A phone repairman who works in Van has amassed a collection of 1,000 cell phones over twenty years. Sahabettin Ozcelik, … More

cellular phones, Collection, Craft, Hobby, Sahabettin Ozcelik, Turkey

Quake toll rises to 116 in Turkey; rescuers finish searches

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The death toll in last week’s Aegean Sea earthquake rose to 116 on Wednesday as rescuers … More

Disaster, Earthquake, Izmir, Turkey, Victims

70-year-old pulled out alive in Turkey as quake toll hits 75

IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Rescue workers in western Turkey extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building Sunday, some 34 … More

Disaster, Earthquake, Izmir, Photography, Turkey, Victims

Turkey quake death toll hits 58

President Erdogan says he’s determined to heal wounds of victims in Izmir ANKARA : The death toll from Friday’s earthquake … More

Disaster, Earthquake, Izmir, Turkey

Major 7.0 magnitude quake hits western Turkey – Six dead, buildings collapse as major quake hits Turkey, Greece

A major 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of western Turkey on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, with … More

Disaster, Earthquake, Geological, Turkey

Indonesian textile exports fall as Turkey imposes import duties

JAKARTA : Indonesia is seeing a steep decline in textile exports to Turkey—a major market for textile products—blamed on additional … More

Covid19, Export, Import duties, Pandemic, Textile, Turkey

Is Saudi Arabia really boycotting Turkish products?

Relations between 2 countries have soured in recent years due to stark positions adopted on several issues ISTANBUL : Several … More

Investment, Policy, Products, Saudi Arabia, Tourism, Trading, Turkey

Everything We Know About The Fighting That Has Erupted Between Armenia And Azerbaijan

Renewed fighting over a long-standing territorial dispute could have broader implications, with Russia and Turkey supporting the opposing sides. A … More

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Covid19, Military, Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia, territorial dispute, Turkey

Turkey ‘indicts six more Saudis’ over Jamal Khashoggi murder

Istanbul prosecutors seek life imprisonment for two suspects and up to five years in jail for four others, report says. … More

death sentence, Jamal Khashoggi, Journalist, Saudi Arabia, Turkey

In Pakistan’s eyes Turkey leads Islamic world

Turkey is channeling its imperial past to assert its status as the ideological and cultural leader of the Muslim world … More

Erdogan, India, Opinion, Ottoman Empire, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey

4,000-year-old textile mill unearthed in western Turkey

This year’s excavation unearthed remaining parts of a house, after textile equipment was discovered last year DENIZLI, Turkey : Turkish … More

archeology, Denizli province, Heritage, textile mill, Turkey

Turkey-Greece relations: Why are the two countries locked in a dispute over drilling rights?

Turkey, Greece and Cyprus are embroiled in a war of words that is quickly escalating to shows of military strength. … More

Cyprus, Diplomacy, Disputes, drilling rights, Greece, Oil & Gas, Turkey

How Turkey’s Soft Power Conquered Pakistan

The TV drama “Ertugrul” reveals how neo-Ottoman fantasies are finding an enthusiastic audience in a country that struggles with Saudi … More

Bilateral, Culture, Pakistan, Policy, Turkey

Qatar intel officer bribed Erdogan aide $65 mln to push Turkey military deal: Report

A senior member of Turkey’s ruling AK Party government received a $65 mln bribe from Qatari intelligence to push ahead … More

Ahmet Berat Conkar, AK Party, Intelligence, ISIS, Nordic Monitor, Qatar, Turkey

Erdoğan believes he is restoring Turkey to greatness. Is he?

The Erdoğan vision is to recreate the period of Turkish and Ottoman greatness. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was the founder of … More

Diplomacy, Economy, Ottoman Empire, Policy, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey

As Turkey and Iran Build Dams, Iraqis Watch Twin Rivers Dry Up

Seawater is pushing back into freshwater rivers, strangling wildlife, human settlements Diwaniyah, Iraq : With its neighbours activating new dams, … More

Agriculture, Dam, Droughts, Infrastructure, Iran, Iraq, Tigris and Euphrates, Turkey

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