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 She has been replaced by her Erkan announced her resignation on Friday in a message on X (formerly Twitter), stating she had been subj...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’...
A court in Turkiye has found the son of Somalia’s president guilty of “causing death by negligence” after a diplomatic car he was driving hit and killed a courier in Istanbul on 30 November 2023. Prosecutors had requested that Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the son of Somali President Hassan Sheik...
Turkish authorities are investigating an Israeli professional footballer who plays for Antalyaspor after he showed solidarity with Israel during a Turkish Super Lig match on Sunday. Antalyaspor winger Sagiv Jehezkel celebrated scoring against Trabzonspor by showing cameras his bandaged wrist, which...
A trial into whether the owners of Isias Hotel in Adıyaman are culpable after it collapsed killing 72 people -- including a group of schoolchildren from North Cyprus -- following a massive earthquake in southeast Turkiye last February, has got underway. TRNC Prime Minister Ünal Üstel is among a del...
The Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in London has announced details of how Azerbaijani citizens living in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Iceland, and the Republic of Ireland can register to vote in the upcoming Presidential Elections in Azerbaijan, which are scheduled to take place on 7 F...
A return to orthodox fiscal policies in Turkiye has seen a steep rise in interest rates as the Turkish government and Central Bank seek to check rampant inflation. On Thursday, as expected, the Central Bank announced a rise in interest rates – the seventh consecutive monthly increase. The 250 basi...
An MP from the religious Felicity ['Saadet'] Party has passed away two days after suffering a heart attack in the Turkish Parliament on Tuesday.Hasan Bitmez, 53, gave a blistering 20-minute speech in the Grand National Assembly where he fiercely criticised the Turkish government for maintaining norm...
