Turkey
UPDATED: Turkey blames deadly bomb on Kurdish militants, arrests Syrian woman
By Jonathan Spicer, Ali Kucukgocmen and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Turkey blamed Kurdish militants on Monday for an explosion…
UPDATE – Person who left bomb causing Istanbul explosion arrested – Anadolu citing minister
Nov 14 (Reuters) - The person who left the bomb that caused Istanbul's explosion was arrested by the police, Interior Minister Suleyman…
Turkish unemployment rate rises to 10.1% in September
ISTANBUL, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Turkey's unemployment rate rose 0.3 percentage points month-on-month to 10.1% in September, while a seasonally adjusted measure…
Turkey’s inflation hits 24-year high of 85.5% after rate cuts
ISTANBUL, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Turkish annual inflation climbed to a new 24-year high of 85.51% in October, official data showed on…
Ukraine grain deal to resume on Wednesday
ISTANBUL, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Russian participation in a U.N.-brokered Ukrainian grain export deal was to…
Bird flu outbreak prompts UK to ease Christmas turkey rules
LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - British poultry producers will be able to slaughter Christmas turkeys early, freeze and then defrost them but…
Russian, Turkish defence ministers discuss Ukraine in telephone call
Oct 23 (Reuters) - The Russian and Turkish defence ministers discussed the situation in Ukraine in a telephone call on Sunday, the…
Turkey denies involvement with migrant incident at Greek border
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey denied involvement in an incident where Greece found 92 illegal migrants close to its northern border with Turkey,…
Greek police find dozens of naked migrants at border with Turkey
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police have rescued a group of 92 illegal migrants who were discovered naked, and some with injuries, close…
UPDATE -Turkish mine blast death toll rises to 40, one miner missing
By Mert Ozkan BARTIN, Turkey , Oct 15 (Reuters) - An explosion in a coal mine in Turkey's northern Bartin province on…
Turkey’s parliament adopts media law jailing those spreading ‘disinformation’
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament on Thursday adopted a law proposed by President Tayyip Erdogan that would jail journalists and social media…
Turkey would write off nearly 30 bln lira of debt under draft law
ISTANBUL, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A Turkish parliamentary commission began discussing on Thursday a draft bill that would write off nearly 30…