Faruk Koca, the president of a top-flight Turkish football club, and two others have been detained following a violent brawl that involved the match referee being punched and kicked in the head at the end of a Süper Lig match between MKE Ankaragücü and Çaykur Rizespor. The arrests were confirmed by...
Turkish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the son of Somalia’s president, Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, after he was involved in a fatal road crash that killed a courier in Istanbul. Mr Mohamud was driving a car registered to the Somali consulate on 30 November when he struck the back...
A British man accused of being the “ringleader” of an armed gang operating in northeast England has been arrested in Istanbul after being made the subject of an Interpol red notice. Shaun Monaghan was detained by Turkish narcotics police, who found the fugitive in a hotel in Istanbul. The arrest wa...
A complaint has been filed by a Turkish lawyer, Bülent Akbay, against the bodyguard and driver of the İskenderun Chief Public Prosecutor Muhammet Emin Ünalan after the pair brutally him. The incident started outside İskenderun Courthouse in Hatay Province, southern Turkiye. According to a news repo...
As the winter weather bites, what could be more fun than a cosy night out at a top Turkish restaurant in North London making new friends as you listen to renowned singer-songwriter Djanan Turan and master musician Baha Yetkin perform a rich selection of sing-along-classics in Turkish? This special...
The Tersan Shipyard in Yalova,,northwest Turkiye, is one of the Europe’s biggest shipyards. This privately-owned modern shipyard is renowned for ship repairs, conversions and shipbuilding, and prides itself on its green credentials. At the end of October, Tersan launched NB1117, a factory freezer s...
Manisa MP Özgür Özel is the new leader of Turkiye’s main opposition Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, CHP). The 49-year-old former pharmacist beat Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in a leadership contest, bringing the incumbent’s 13-year term as CHP Leader to a close. The result means CHP goes...
Sunday, 29 October 2023 marked exactly one hundred years since the Republic of Türkiye was proclaimed. The centenary saw celebrations not only across Türkiye, but also by Turks living all around the world. This momentous anniversary is the perfect opportunity to reflect on what has been the Republi...
A Turkish radio DJ told his sobbing girlfriend “Be quiet my love” before she was beaten unconscious by a gang of kidnappers, a court heard. The body of DJ Koray Alpergin, 43, was discovered near the Oakwood Hill Industrial Estate in Loughton, Essex, last 15 October. Mr Alpergin, from North Cyprus,...
The parliamentary group leader of Turkiye’s main opposition, the Turkish People’s Party (CHP), Özgür Özel, has announced his candidacy for the party leadership at a press conference on Friday. Özel criticised CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and his team for failing to take “political responsibility f...
