Latest News from Turkey
Turkish FM confirms talks with Israel
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has confirmed ongoing talks with Israel aimed at reaching some form of rapprochement, while suggesting that undue emphasis should not be placed on the gatherings.
Graft suspect Zarrab's road to 'export glory' paved by sidestepping Iran sanctions
Reza Zarrab?s road to export glory, recently recognized in a controversial award ceremony, was paved by a series of smart maneuvers designed to sidestep U.S.-led sanctions on Iran.
Key graft figure's way to 'export glory' paved over years
Reza Zarrab?s road to export glory, recently recognized in a controversial award ceremony, was paved by a series of smart maneuvers designed to sidestep U.S.-led sanctions on Iran.
Turkey, Iran need new gas deal for price discount
Iran and Turkey need to form a new natural gas deal to gain price discounts in the gas trade, Iranian Ambassador to Turkey Alireza Bikdeli said on late June 22.
Speaking to members of the Economy Journalists Association in Ankara, Bikdeli discussed possible solutions to the natural gas price dispute between Turkey and Iran.
Isparta roses opening up to the world with innovation
In Isparta, the "City of Roses" in southwestern Turkey, a company that has been producing rosewater for decades is looking for even more business thanks to innovations in how it transports the valuable liquid.
Nearly 30 power plants to be privatized in Turkey by 2020
A total of 29 hydroelectric and gas-turbine powered power plants of the Turkish Electricity Generation Corporation (EÜA?), and Turkey's state-run oil company TPAO's oil distribution unit, TP Petrol Da??t?m, have been put under a privatization program, according to a written statement published in the Official Gazette on June 24.
Arda Turan 'wants to leave Spain'
Atletico Madrid Turkish midfielder Arda Turan wants a move to the Premier League this summer and has three offers from top English clubs, according to his agent.
The Turkey international has two years left on his contract with the Spanish club and has been strongly linked with a move away from the Vicente Calderon stadium this summer.
Turkish journalist faces 23 years in jail for story on judges and prosecutors
Reporter Canan Co?kun faces 23 years in prison for coverage of a story about top judicial officials allegedly buying discounted residences from a public real estate company.
Co?kun, who works for daily Cumhuriyet, will appear in court on Nov. 12 facing 23 years and four months in prison on charges of "insulting public officials over their duties."
Young woman clings to life in southern Turkey
A 19-year-old woman in Turkey's southern province of Antalya fell from the balcony of her seventh floor apartment but managed to cling to life by grabbing the sixth floor balcony parapets and leaping to the terrace below.
On June 23, Aybüke Y?lmaz went out on her apartment's balcony in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya where she lives with her parents.
Corruption watchdog calls for breaking Turkey's impunity culture
Transparency International Turkey, along with a number of rights groups, called for reopening Turkey?s Dec. 17 and 25, 2013, corruption cases as well as lifting the immunity from punishment for four former ministers involved in the case, in an open letter addressed to 550 newly elected deputies of the June 7 parliamentary elections.
'Gezi' salutes mark opening of Turkey's new parliament
Two years after the massive Gezi Park protests shook Turkey?s political and social landscape, four deputies have sworn in to the new parliament by saluting the ground-breaking movement.
SunExpress raises weekly flights to 700
SunExpress, a joint venture company of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, will increase the number of its flights to 700 a week this season, said Paul Schwaiger, the company's managing director, at a press conference held in Antalya June 23.
"Our company has carried more than 63 million passengers since the date we were established 25 years ago.
Steward treated for malaria in Turkey's west, days after stewardess dies of same disease
Only a few days after a flight attendant died of malaria in Istanbul, a fellow cabin attendant is being treated for the same disease in the western province of Afyonkarahisar. It is suspected that both caught the virus during a flight to Nigeria.
Erdo?an's office denies claims over alleged cost of iftar dinner
President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s press office has categorically denied claims about the extravagant cost of an iftar dinner where the head of the state hosted former and incumbent officials from Turkey?s Directorate General of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), suggesting that such claims were aspects of ?black propaganda.?
Turkey's CHP, MHP, HDP announce parliamentary speaker candidates
Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) has nominated its former chair Deniz Baykal as its candidate for the parliamentary speaker's position, while the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has picked Ekmeleddin ?hsano?lu, former head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).