The Turkish government has blocked access to Instagram, preventing the country’s nearly 60 million users from seeing or posting on the popular social media platform. The decision was announced by the country’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority (Bilgi Teknolojileri ve İletişim Kur...
The Leader of Barnet Council Barry Rawlings has rejected accusations from local residents of Turkish and Turkish Cypriot descent that the local authority is “racist”, calling them “unsubstantiated claims” at a recent council meeting. Councillor Rawlings’ comments prompted an angry exchange with a gr...
Five people have been detained for questioning following a deadly daytime fire at a venue in the heart of Istanbul that left 29 people dead and at least one person severely injured. The fire broke out at The Masquerade Club at around 12.47 lunchtime local time, according to Istanbul governor Davut...
On Sunday, Turks will head to the polls to determine who their local councils will be run by. An estimated 63 million people are eligible to vote, electing mayors and councillors across 81 Türkiye’s provinces. Some are viewing these elections as a barometer on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s popul...
Twelve people have been detained by police for a variety of offences following violent scenes at Trabzonspor’s Trendyol Süper Lig game against Fenerbahçe on Sunday. Home fans were seen hurling missiles on to the pitch at the Şenol Güneş Papara Park stadium during the match, before attacking the vis...
The third edition of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) is underway, bringing together heads of states and governments, ministers, diplomats, business leaders, academics, policy makers, and journalists to discuss the key issues dominating the global agenda. An estimated 4,500 delegates from 147 coun...
Turkiye’s new combat aircraft KAAN – a fifth generation fighter jet – made its first flight on Wednesday, 21 Feb., marking an important milestone in the evolution of the country’s defence industry. Turkish aerospace firm TUSAŞ [Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayi Anonim Şirketi] shared a video of a KAAN...
Turkish businesses have broken their country’s record for January exports. Trade figures show a year-on-year increase of 3.6%, with exports last month worth more than $20 billion to the Turkish economy – the highest ever exports total for a January. The good news was shared by Türkiye’s Trade Minis...
The first woman governor of Türkiye's Central Bank, Hafize Gaye Erkan, has stepped down from her role just shy of eight months after her appointment on 8 June 2023. She has been replaced by her Erkan announced her resignation on Friday in a message on X (formerly Twitter), stating she had been subj...
A “chauffeur-driven” Istanbul cat has received an outpouring of affection after footage of the feline sitting on the bonnet of a moving car surfaced on social media. The video was captured by an onlooker and shared on Instagram and X (formerly known as Twitter) with the captions ‘Cats of Istanbul’...
