MINERS END 17-DAY PROTEST AFTER RECEIVING FIRST PAYMENTS
Mining workers demonstrating in Ankara against Yıldızlar SSS Holding ended their 17-day protest outside the Energy Ministry after receiving the first installment of their back pay.
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AUTHORITIES CLOSE BRIEF PROBE INTO BRITISH ECONOMIST FOLLOWING REMARKS ABOUT ERDOĞAN
Turkish authorities have closed a brief investigation into British economist Timothy Ash over comments likening President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
CHP LAUNCHES LARGEST EXPULSION WAVE YET AS COURT OF CASSATION DEADLINE NEARS
The CHP Party Assembly has launched disciplinary proceedings against former party officials who have aligned themselves with the breakaway Yeni Party.
FROM GOLD BARS TO A MURDER PROBE: INSIDE THE OPERATIONS AGAINST TWO RELIGIOUS GROUPS
Authorities have exhumed the body of a religious leader who died a decade ago as part of wide-ranging judicial investigations into two Islamic orders with poor relations with the government.
NO SIGNS OF JUSTICE FROM SİLİVRİ PRISON
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has been behind bars since March 2025, and his co-defendants are increasingly pessimistic about the outcome of the hearings in the Istanbul Municipality trial.
PROBE INTO PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA FIGURES WIDEN
An investigation touching several pro-government media figures is widening, with new detention warrants issued for additional suspects even as one high-profile figure has been released.
FX-PROTECTED DEPOSIT SCHEME ENDS
The Foreign Exchange-Protected Deposit scheme, known as KKM, has come to a complete end after total balances in the accounts dropped to zero, according to weekly data from the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK).
GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS 10% TAX ON CORPORATE MONEY MARKET FUNDS
The Finance Ministry has finalized preliminary work to redirect short-term capital inflows toward long-term, productive investments, according to a report by Bloomberg HT.
EXPORTERS TARGET $10 BILLION TRADE VOLUME WITH SYRIA
Turkish business leaders aim to grow trade with Syria to $10 billion a year and take part in the country's reconstruction after years of conflict.
UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR COULD COST TURKEY $20 BILLION IN THREE MONTHS
Maritime trade in the Black Sea has come to a near halt due to Russian and Ukrainian strikes, creating a major economic threat for Turkey, according to a shipping executive.
CENTRAL BANK RESUMES REPO AUCTIONS, DE FACTO RATE CUT
The central bank has resumed one-week repo auctions after a nearly six-month pause, an operational shift that effectively lowers market funding costs and paves the way for official policy rate cuts.
A PEACE PROCESS DEVOID OF DEMOCRATIZATION
The first concrete step has been taken in the PKK's disarmament process, a subject Turkey has been discussing for nearly 22 months. The law that will form the legal groundwork for the group's disarmament passed parliament with what has been called a 'historic consensus.' Next comes implementation. But the real question is will this process, dubbed 'Terror-Free Turkey,' contribute to the country's democratization?