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Bars and nightclubs in Turkey will be closed from March 16 in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Turkish Interior Ministry said. It said the temporary ban will go into effect at 10 am (0700 GMT) on Monday. …
The police detained 418 people across 29 provinces in an investigation related to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terror group, according to the Turkish Interior Ministry. Four hundred and eighteen people have been detained …
Three Turkish soldiers were killed yesterday during an operation against PKK terrorists in Turkey's Hakkari province, according to the country's Interior Ministry. Turkish Gendarmerie forces and Turkish Armed Forces …
The governor of Istanbul Ali Yerlikaya became the temporary head of the city's municipality, according to the Turkish Interior Ministry. The Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey has recently reported that the new …
Nine people have been detained in the assault of Turkey's main opposition Republican Peoples Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who was hit during a soldiers funeral, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu …
The death toll from the collapse of Istanbul building has risen to 14 after three more bodies were recovered, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said. He said 14 people had been rescued from the debris of the …
Russian citizens topped the list of foreign tourists entering Turkey in 2018, according to the Turkish Interior Ministry's statement. The ministry's Directorate General of Migration Management said that nearly 6 million Russians …
A 16-year-old schoolboy, who had been skipping classes, had an argument with his teacher that led to the latter being shot in the legs. A high school senior from the city of Afyonkarahisar in western Turkey fired at the teacher with a …
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by Turkish Minister of Interior Suleyman Soylu, according to the statement posted on the Azerbaijani presidential website. …
Rize police chief Altuğ Verdi has died and two others wounded in shooting believed to have been carried out by a police officer at Rize Police Department in northeastern Turkey. Verdi was taken to the hospital in critical condition …
Turkey will take a census of Syrian refugees, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said. The minister said that the presence of Syrian refugees in Turkey is a very complex issue and should be thoroughly examined, …
More than 500 people were detained in Turkey as part of the operation conducted against the PKK terrorist organization, the Turkish Interior Ministry reported. In a statement, the ministry said 544 detentions across the country …
Turkey's eastern and southern borders will be sealed with cameras, sensors and walls as a precaution against terror, drug trafficking and irregular migration, the republic's interior minister Suleyman Soylu said. …
At least 22 people, including a number of children, were killed in Turkey's Izmir when a lorry carrying migrants plunged off a road. The lorry, which was travelling from Aydin to Izmir, crashed through a barrier and landed in an …
Five terrorists were liquidated in the Turkish province of Hatay, the Turkish media reported. Turkey's Ministry of Internal Affairs said that on August 28 the terrorists took five hostages who were released later. …
At least 26 PKK terrorists were eliminated in counterterrorism operations across Turkey over the past week, according to the country's Interior Ministry. In a statement, the ministry said the Turkish Armed Forces carried out 2,156 …
Turkish police have detained two suspects who might have a connection to the US Embassy shooting in Ankara, Anadolu agency reported. The agency added that the police also managed to find a vehicle that was used in the incident. …
Deputy head of the International Committee of the State Duma Alexey Chepa criticized a U.S. move to impose sanctions on two Turkish Cabinet members as "counterproductive and destructive". "Every day we …
Turkey's Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim has termed the U.S. decision to impose sanctions on two Turkish ministers as "unlawful and extremely arbitrary". "The sanctions decision taken by the U.S. …
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu demanded that the United States reverse its decision to impose sanctions over detention of Pastor Andrew Brunson and threatened to retaliate. …
