Turkish gendarmerie and police “neutralized” two senior members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in joint operations in the southeastern Diyarbakir province, a cabinet minister said Tuesday. Zirav Tas, code-named Hebun…
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Five people detained in Türkiye’s Istanbul with IS links
Five people were detained in Türkiye’s Istanbul on Tuesday in an operation targeting individuals who use social media to solicit and redirect donations to the Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda, state-run Anadolu…
Former Turkish Cypriot community leader in Cyprus, Mustafa Akinci, in hospital
The former leader of the Turkish Cypriot community in Cyprus, Mustafa Akinci, has been hospitalized after a fainting at a hotel in Famagusta. According to local media, Akinci was rushed to the…
Turkish experts say Mideast crisis fuels market turbulence
Amid escalating fears from the ongoing Middle East crisis, markets across the region, including Türkiye, and beyond, face severe turbulence as uncertainty takes hold. Experts here said that in developing and fragile…
Cyprus receives ‘positive signal’ after EU ministers meeting
The Cyprus government has reportedly received a “positive signal” from an informal EU Foreign Ministers’ meeting held in Brussels with the participation of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and has now turned…
Chinese visitors flock to Türkiye, 230,000 during 2024 so far
The number of Chinese visitors to Türkiye reached 230,819 in the first seven months of 2024, up 102.46 percent year-on-year, leading the way in Turkish tourism growth, showed data from the Turkish…
Turkey: ‘The high cost of living is a burden for us’
Arda Asrakci, a young man from Türkiye’s capital Ankara, is gearing up for university, but the economic challenges facing the country are casting a shadow over his future. “The high cost of…
Turkish lira plummets to historic low against the U.S. dollar
The Turkish lira plummeted to a historic low against the U.S. dollar on Friday, with the exchange rate exceeding 34 liras per dollar amid enduringly high inflation. One dollar hit 34.05 liras…
Boat capsizes in Istanbul’s Bosphorus Strait
One person went missing with three others rescued when a boat capsized in Istanbul’s Bosphorus Strait, local media reported on Wednesday. The boat carrying four people and a dog sank under unknown…