Turkey suspends 4 mayors amid terror probes
ANKARA
Four mayors were suspended in eastern Turkey on Wednesday over alleged terror ties.
The Interior Ministry suspended Songul Erden, the mayor of Idil district in southeastern Sirnak province.
In southeastern Diyarbakir...
Erdogan extends condolences for death of Turkish deputy
ISTANBUL
The Turkish president extended his condolences over the death of Markar Esayan, a lawmaker of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party.
“I have learned with great sorrow of the...
'Post-coronavirus process to yield different world’
ISTANBUL
Nothing will be the same after the post-coronavirus process, which is a new normalization, Turkey’s presidential spokesman said Sunday.
"Let's not forget that the post-coronavirus process is the new normal....
E.Med: Turkish opposition warns EU over Greek designs
ANKARA
Turkey's main opposition party on Monday warned the European Union not to fall for Greek designs in the Mediterranean, saying Athens is trying to isolate Turkey in the region.
Greece's...
Turkish opposition party backs Erdogan ahead of US meet
ANKARA
An opposition party leader on Wednesday voiced support for the Turkish president ahead of a meeting with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.
"Whatever result comes out of the meeting in...
Turkish interior minister tests positive for COVID-19
ANKARA
Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu and his family are under treatment in a hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, the minister said Saturday on Twitter.
Soylu said that they started...
'Turkey needs to boost contact with Asian countries'
ANKARA
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Turkey desires to increase political contacts and consultations with Asian countries, a senior official of Turkey's ruling party said on Friday.
Cevdet Yilmaz, Justice and Development...
Turkish assembly speaker meets parliamentary union head
ANKARA
Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop on Tuesday received Gabriela Cuevas Barron, head of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
According to the speaker's office in the capital Ankara, Sentop and Barron exchanged...
'We should support Turkish president on his US visit'
ANKARA
The leader of a Turkish opposition party on Wednesday urged support for Turkey’s president ahead of his meeting in Washington with his U.S. counterpart.
"Foreign policy is a national policy,...
Turkey appoints Lutfi Elvan as new finance minister
By Gokhan Ergocun
Turkey appointed Lutfi Elvan as the country’s new treasury and finance minister early Tuesday, according to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette.
The move comes after...