Turkey News Gazette
Turkey’s foreign minister urged Russia on Wednesday to halt the Syrian government’s attacks in the war-torn Arab country, a day after airstrikes on rebel-held sectors and the shelling of government-held areas killed at least 17 people, including an ent…
Read moreA Turkish court sentenced university student Ceren Ozdemir’s murder suspect to aggravated life imprisonment on Monday.Ozdemir, 20, a music student at Ordu University, was stabbed to death outside of her house on Dec. 3, 2019. In the second trial of the…
Read moreTurkish Red Crescent donated new beds, heaters, and stationery to an orphanage in Pakistan, representatives said Monday.The items were distributed to destitute girls living in Kashana in the northern city of Rawalpindi by the charity’s official Enes Ya…
Read moreHayrettin Karaca, a prominent Turkish environmentalist, passed away on Monday at the age of 97.He founded the Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion (TEMA), the country’s largest environmental non-profit organization, in 1992.His efforts led to …
Read moreAt least 13 irregular migrants were held in Turkey’s western province Edirne, security sources said on Friday.Provincial gendarmerie forces tried to stop a suspicious vehicle but the driver did not heed the signal and attempted to make a fast escape, s…
Read moreTurkish security forces seized 183 kilograms (around 403 pounds) of heroin in the country’s east, an official statement said on Friday. The provincial police teams seized the illicit drug in Agri province when they stopped a truck having Iranian number…
Read moreTurkish airstrikes inside Iraq targeting members of an outlawed Kurdish rebel group have killed at least four minority Yazidi fighters allied with the rebels, an Iraqi army official said Thursday.The strikes, which took place on Wednesday, hit a milita…
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