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Turkey says no evidence of threat to foreigners after ISIS suspects detained: Agency
Turkish police said they had not found evidence of any concrete threat to foreigners after detaining 15 ISIS suspects accused of targeting consulates ... Middle East -
Alibaba plans $1 bln logistics hub at Istanbul Airport, data center near Ankara
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will invest more than $1 billion in Turkey for a logistics hub at Istanbul’s airport and a data center near the Turkish ... Business -
Nearly 500 Kurdish targets in Iraq, Syria were hit, Turkish defense minister says
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Wednesday that Turkey’s military had hit nearly 500 Kurdish targets across Iraq and Syria as part of a ... Middle East -
Bulgaria charges five people with helping Istanbul bombing suspect
Bulgaria has charged five people with helping one of the suspects in last weekend's bombing in central Istanbul which killed six people, prosecutors ... News -
Turkey detains 17 suspects over deadly Istanbul attack
A Turkish court Friday ordered the detention of 17 suspects, including a Syrian woman, for alleged links to a bombing that killed six people in ... Middle East -
Turkey police say Syrian woman planted bomb that killed six in Istiklal street attack
Turkish police on Monday said they had arrested a Syrian woman for planting a bomb that killed six people in central Istanbul, adding that she was ... Middle East -
Turkey blames Istanbul blast on Kurdish extremists; 22 held, including bomber
Turkey’s government blamed Kurdish extremists on Monday for a blast that killed six people in Istanbul’s main shopping street, and said police had ... World News -
Six dead in Istanbul blast Erdogan says ‘smells like terrorism’
Six people were killed and 53 others were wounded on Sunday when an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul in what Turkish ... Middle East -
Iran: Israel’s accusation of Tehran plot to harm Israelis in Turkey ‘ridiculous’
Iran on Friday dismissed as “ridiculous” allegations by Israel’s foreign minister while on a visit to Ankara that the Islamic Republic was planning ... Middle East -
Israel urges its citizens in Istanbul to leave, heightening travel warning
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday urged citizens in Turkey to leave “as soon as possible” over threats that Iranian operatives are ... Middle East -
Turkish court to rule in case against top Erdogan opponent Ekrem Imamoglu
A Turkish court is expected to reach a verdict on Wednesday in a case against Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, an opposition figure who opinion polls ... Middle East -
Turkish philanthropist says political pressure led to life sentence ruling
Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, who was sentenced to life in prison for trying to overthrow the government by financing protests in 2013, said on ... World News -
US ‘deeply troubled’ by ‘unjust’ conviction of Turkish activist Kavala: State dept
The United States was “deeply troubled” by the conviction Monday of a leading Turkish activist, calling his life sentence on controversial charges of ... World News -
Turkey defuses mine after Russia warns of strays from Ukraine ports
Turkey’s military deactivated a mine on Saturday that had drifted in from the Black Sea, setting off a loud explosion north of Istanbul, days after ... Middle East -
Turkish family squeezed by rising prices turns to crowd-sourced aid
Turkish construction worker Esat Celik is struggling to meet the needs of his three infants and cover mortgage payments for his apartment in ... Features -
Turkey releases two Bogazici students from prison
A Turkish court ruled on Friday to release two students from jail in the first hearing of a broader case over campus protests against the government’s ... Middle East -
Twenty one survive building collapse in Turkey, no deaths recorded
Twenty-one people survived being buried under heavy debris when a two-storey building collapsed in eastern Turkey, the government said, with no ... World News -
F1: Bottas wins Turkish GP, Verstappen reclaims title lead from Hamilton
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas won the Turkish Grand Prix for his first victory of the season on Sunday, while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished ... Life -
Thousands in Istanbul protest new Turkish COVID vaccine, test, mask rules
More than 2,000 Turks demonstrated in Istanbul on Saturday against official coronavirus-related mandates including vaccinations, tests and masks, ... World News -
Turkey’s Erdogan takes first step in ‘crazy’ canal project in Istanbul
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday took the first step in the construction of a ship canal skirting Istanbul that the government says ... Middle East -
Turkish women rally in Istanbul to defend rights, anti-violence treaty withdrawal
Hundreds of women rally in Istanbul on Saturday, urging President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reverse his decision to withdraw from an anti-violence ... Middle East -
Erdogan inaugurates major new mosque in Taksim Square, heart of Istanbul
President Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated an imposing new mosque in Istanbul on Friday, fulfilling a decades-old goal and stamping a religious identity on ... World News -
Turkey jails four over a 2016 suicide bombing that killed 12 German tourists
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced four men to life in jail over a 2016 suicide bombing in the heart of Istanbul that killed 12 German tourists and ... World News -
Turkey approves plans for Istanbul canal despite criticism and environmental impact
Turkey has approved development plans for a huge canal on the edge of Istanbul, Environment Minister Murat Kurum said on Saturday, advancing a project ... Middle East -
EU sanctions on Turkey remain on table following withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
European Union sanctions against Turkey remain on the table, Germany warned on Monday, after Ankara decided to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, ... Middle East -
Turkey is sending the wrong messages to counter violence against women
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Man arrested in Turkey over viral video purporting to show him beating ex-wife
A man was arrested in Turkey on Sunday after a video on social media purportedly showing him beating his ex-wife on a street sparked outrage, state ... Middle East -
French professors appeal for Turkish work permits in diplomacy row
Professors from a top Istanbul university appealed to the Turkish government Tuesday to issue their French colleagues work permits which have been ... Middle East -
Erdogan tells Rouhani he sees window of opportunity for Iran, US on sanctions
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Sunday he saw a window of opportunity for Iran and the US on sanctions ... Middle East -
Turkey jails four pending trial over university head at center of protests
Four people were formally arrested as part of an investigation into protests against President Tayyip Erdogan’s appointment of a rector at one of the ... Middle East