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President Erdogan ally backs call to rewrite Turkey’s constitution
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling coalition partner on Tuesday backed the Turkish leader’s surprise call to draft a new constitution, which some ... Middle East -
Turkey holds four over artwork depicting Islam holy site hung at Bogazici University
Turkish police detained four people after artwork depicting Islam’s holiest site viewed as offensive by Ankara was hung at an Istanbul university at ... Middle East -
Coronavirus: Turkey passes 25,000 COVID-19-related deaths
Turkey on Sunday passed 25,000 COVID-19-related deaths since the start of the outbreak in March, the health ministry said.A toll of 140 new fatalities ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: Turkey to get a further 6.5 mln Sinovac vaccines
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said 6.5 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine made by China’s Sinovac will arrive in Turkey on Monday, part ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: Turkey reports 14,494 new COVID-19 cases, 194 deaths
Turkey reported 14,494 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Monday, bringing the total number of cases to ... Coronavirus -
Hundreds protest in Turkey’s Istanbul against new university rector
Hundreds of people demonstrated in Istanbul on Monday against what they claim is the politically motivated appointment of a rector at a top Turkish ... Middle East -
Coronavirus: Turkey’s daily COVID-19 cases dip below 10,000, says health ministry
The daily number of coronavirus cases in Turkey fell to 9,877 in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Sunday, bringing the total number ... Coronavirus -
Turkish nationals among four dead in Somalia bombing claimed by al-Shabab: Officials
Two Turkish nationals were among four people killed Saturday in a suicide bombing outside the Somali capital Mogadishu claimed by the al-Shabaab ... Middle East -
Turkey dismisses fears of Muslim Uighur deportations to China
Turkey on Wednesday brushed aside fears that a new extradition treaty with China would result in Ankara deporting Muslim Uighurs en masse.About 20 ... Middle East -
Britain says it will sign free trade deal with Turkey this week
Britain and Turkey are set to sign a free trade deal on Tuesday, the UK trade ministry said on Sunday, the first since Prime Minister Boris Johnson ... Economy -
Turkey says it killed 15 Kurdish militants preparing attack in northeast Syria
Turkey said on Sunday its military killed 15 militants from the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, which it said was preparing to carry out an attack in a ... Middle East -
Athens accuses Ankara of facilitating Somali migration to Greece
The Greek government on Tuesday accused Turkey of encouraging Somali migration through promotion campaigns and visa offers, and then allowing the ... World News -
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes off Turkey’s Mediterranean coast
An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck off the coast of Turkey’s Mediterranean coastal province of Antalya on Saturday, the Kandilli Observatory ... Middle East -
Construction starts on Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire monitoring center, Turkey says
Construction work has started on a joint Turkish-Russian center to monitor a ceasefire in the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkish Defense ... World News -
Wary Turks aren’t buying President Erdogan’s economic promise yet
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s promise of a new economic era triggered a foreign-driven rally in the lira, but local investors have yet to ... Features -
Coronavirus: Turkey’s COVID-19 curfew fails to contain surging second wave
Coronavirus deaths in Turkey rose to a record for the seventh consecutive day on Sunday and the number of new cases remained high despite efforts by ... Coronavirus -
Turkey’s Erdogan slams jailed Kurdish leader, vows reforms with nationalist ally
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday a jailed Kurdish leader has “blood on his hands”, scotching any hopes that a reform plan ... Middle East -
Germany rejects Turkey's protest against interception of its vessel in Mediterranean
Turkey’s protest against German soldiers boarding a Turkish vessel on behalf of an EU military mission in the Mediterranean is unjustified, Germany’s ... World News -
Turkey’s Erdogan rejects ally’s call for release of philanthropist and Kurdish leader
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday dismissed calls from a close ally for the release of a leading Kurdish opposition politician and a ... Middle East -
France’s FM Le Drian says Turkey’s ‘soothing declarations’ not good enough
France said on Sunday it expects Turkey to de-escalate international tension with actions instead of words ahead of an EU decision on possible further ... Middle East -
Turkey extends seismic survey work in eastern Mediterranean amid tensions with Greece
Turkey said it was extending the seismic survey work of its Oruc Reis ship in a disputed area of the eastern Mediterranean until Nov. 29, in a move ... Middle East -
Turkey’s Erdogan blasts high interest rates ahead of policy decision
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Wednesday about the dangers of high interest rates ahead of the first central bank rate decision since ... Economy -
Coronavirus: Turkey urges discipline ahead of new COVID-19 curfews
Turkey’s government urged “tight discipline” on Wednesday as the country prepared for new weekend curfews, online schooling and limits on restaurants ... Coronavirus -
Turkey probes Istanbul mayor in fight over Erdogan ‘crazy’ canal
Turkey’s interior ministry has launched a probe into the Istanbul mayor over his opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s dream of building an ... Middle East -
Fire damages historic wooden mosque on Istanbul’s Bosporus Strait
A historic wooden mosque in Istanbul caught on fire on Sunday and Turkish firefighters put out the blaze, working from both land and sea.The Vanikoy ... Middle East -
Hamilton clinches record seventh F1 title with a win in Turkey
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton took a record-equaling seventh world championship and became Formula One’s most successful driver of all time after winning a ... Sports -
Coronavirus: Istanbul mayor wants lockdown to restrain second COVID-19 wave
Istanbul’s mayor called on Saturday for a lockdown of at least two weeks to contain an “out of control” rise in coronavirus cases, and said ... Coronavirus -
Erdogan congratulates Joe Biden, urges closer US-Turkish relations
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on his victory over Donald Trump in the US presidential election, urging ... World News -
Ankara says it expects issues poisoning ties with Washington to be addressed
Turkey expects issues poisoning ties with the United States to be addressed, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday, adding the search for ... Middle East -
Turkey ‘neutralizes’ man behind deadly 2016 suicide attack on police
Turkey’s intelligence agency has “neutralized” the mastermind of a 2016 suicide truck bombing that killed 12 police officers, the official Anadolu ... Middle East