Tag: Turkey
Corruption on rise in Turkey, China
Corruption is feared to be worsening in China, Turkey and other fast-growing economies, an anti-graft watchdog warned Wednesday, also urging…
Pope Francis makes first visit to Turkey
Pope Francis begins his first visit to Turkey on Friday in a challenging trip aimed at building bridges with Islam…
Turkey keeper walks out over ‘fan abuse’
Turkey’s struggling national football team was Monday engulfed in fresh turmoil after top goalkeeper Volkan Demirel walked out of a…
At least 15 dead in Turkey bus accident
At least 15 people were killed and 28 injured Friday when a bus carrying agricultural workers workers overturned in the…
Notorious Turkish teen killer hangs self
A 22-year old Turkish man who was convicted of brutally killing his girlfriend while still a teenager in a case…
IS jihadists ‘seize parts of key Syrian town’
Islamic State jihadists pushed into the key Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border Monday, seizing three districts in…
Biden apologizes to Erdogan over jihadist funding claim
United States Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday apologized to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over comments suggesting that Ankara…
Turkey’s Erdogan attacks Biden claims it funded extremists
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reacted angrily on Saturday to comments by United States Vice President Joe Biden that Turkey…
Turkey bans tattoos, piercings
Turkey’s Islamic-rooted government has banned pupils from wearing tattoos or body piercings in schools, a measure denounced by opponents as…
Over 100,000 Kurds Flee Syria For Turkey
More than 130,000 Syrian Kurds have fled across the border into Turkey, escaping an advance by Islamic State jihadists, Turkish…
49 Turks kidnapped by IS militants freed
Dozens of Turkish nationals held hostage by Islamic State jihadists in northern Iraq for more than three months have been…
Turkey policeman jailed for almost 8 years over protester killing
A Turkish policeman was jailed for seven years and nine months on Wednesday after being convicted of shooting dead a…
French mum reunited with daughter taken by jihadi father
A young French mother whose daughter had been smuggled out of the country by her father arrived home with the…
Erdogan sworn in as new Turkey president
Turkey’s outgoing premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan was Thursday sworn in as president as opponents who accuse him of authoritarianism after…
Two Dutch jihadist suspects arrested in Brussels
Two Dutchmen of Turkish descent were arrested Thursday on suspicion of links with jihadist activists, the Belgian prosecutor’s office said.…