Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s, the Blue ...

We list the best eSIMs for Turkey, to make it simple and easy to get the best cell coverage when on holiday in Turkey. eSIMs offer a convenient and flexible solution for travelers, eliminating the ...

Tabled papers include documents and artefacts presented to Parliament in the course of its proceedings. The term ‘tabled’ literally means that a document has been laid on the Table in either or both ...

Turkey’s central bank raised one of its key interest rates in a surprise meeting on Thursday, the latest move by authorities to reverse a decline in the lira. The monetary authority hiked the ...

At least 37 people have been detained in Turkey over social media posts that criticised the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who is widely seen as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s mai ...

In one swoop, the successes Erdogan could point to over the past 18 months were thrown into jeopardy amid fears that Imamoglu’s arrest marked a dangerous turning point for Turkey – even in a ...

Turkey detained 37 suspects for allegedly making "provocative posts inciting crime and hatred" over the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the interior minister said on Thursday.

Istanbul’s opposition party staged a mass rally on Wednesday evening to protest the detention of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, despite a government ban on public gatherings. Earlier in the day, Turkish ...

It was a dramatic escalation in an ongoing crackdown on the opposition and dissenting voices in Turkey. The state-run Anadolu news agency said prosecutors issued detention warrants for the mayor ...

The mayor's wife, Dilek Kaya Imamoglu, called it "a targeted political operation aimed at eliminating Turkey's future president. This is a direct blow to the nation, and we will fight", she vowed.

Turkish police detained Istanbul's powerful mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, Wednesday over graft and "terror" allegations, prompting outrage from the opposition which slammed it as a politically-motivated ...

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