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3 Jan
Turkey's annual inflation rate approached 65 percent in December, reaching a new high for 2023 and putting the country on course to meet an expected peak of 70-75 percent in May.
3 Jan
Turkey said Wednesday it had detained 56 high-priority suspects wanted by 18 countries for crimes ranging from drug dealing and money laundering to murder, counterfeiting and assault. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the suspects were listed on Interpol's "red notice" on "diffusion message" systems, which flag suspects sought for arrest and extradition by individual countries.…
2 Jan
Turkey announced on Tuesday that it had detained 33 people suspected of planning abductions and spying on behalf of Israel's Mossad intelligence service. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the suspects were rounded up in raids across Istanbul and seven other provinces. It was not immediately clear if they were Israeli nationals or locals allegedly working…
14 Dec 2023
Germany will stop accepting imams sent from Turkey and instead train the muslim clerics on home soil in a bid to encourage integration, the interior ministry said on Thursday. An agreement has been reached with the Turkish-Islamic umbrella group DITIB to phase out foreign imams and train 100 a year in Germany to replace them,…
27 Nov 2023
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday said Turkey should approve Sweden's stalled bid for membership "as soon as possible".
20 Nov 2023
Brazil, Turkey, South Africa and Egypt have indicated interests to participate in the 2023 Calabar Carnival.
17 Nov 2023
Five years after a photo with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sparked questions over his loyalty to Germany, Ilkay Gundogan will captain the national side during Saturday's international friendly against Turkey in Berlin.
10 Nov 2023
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused the country's highest court of making repeated mistakes and defended an unprecedented criminal investigation against its judges.
29 Oct 2023
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28 Oct 2023
The Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Nigeria , Mr Hidayet Bayraktar, said that Nigeria was a rising power in Africa due to its population and her large economy.
11 Oct 2023
The Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam has stressed the need to explore avenues forcollaboration with Turkey in the areas of intelligence sharing and capacity building to combat trans-national crimes.
10 Oct 2023
The Council of Europe on Monday awarded its top rights prize to jailed Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has come under repeated attack from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The decision drew an angry response from Ankara, but was cheered on by groups that have long expressed worries about Turkey's deteriorating human rights record under Erdogan.…
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