Officials of the Greek Consulate General in Istanbul are under investigation for alleged corruption, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) reported Friday. Inspectors from Athens carried out an inspection at the Greek Consulate General in Istanbul recently and discovered that hundreds of visas were allegedly issued illegally between 2011 and 2014, AMNA said. Some consulate officials […]

China warns citizens in Turkey to not approach or film protests, and ‘reduce individual outings’ Nearly 2,000 people gathered in Istanbul’s northernmost Sariyer district Sunday marched to the Chinese consulate to protest what they consider to be discrimination against China’s Muslim population. The protests have taken place across Turkey since Tuesday, when the Foreign Ministry expressed “deep concern” about reports […]

Davutoglu responds to speculation about Turkish military action in Syria, saying country will not be put at risk Turkey’s prime minister has said he will not take any steps which would “put the country at risk” following speculation that Ankara could take military action in Syria. “We will never take a step that would put […]

De Turkse president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan haalt fel uit naar de mensen die Turkije proberen te associëren met terroristische groeperingen. “Niemand kan Turkije associëren met de Assad-regime – een staat dat zijn eigen bevolking terroriseert – of met andere terreurgroepen”, vertelt de Turkse president tijdens een iftarbijeenkomst in Istanbul. Erdoğan zegt dit nadat Turkije door […]

YouTube heeft de toegang tot de campagnefilm van de PVV geblokkeerd in Turkije. Dat moest van de rechtbank van Gölbaşı die klachten over de inhoud van de film heeft ontvangen. De film bevat spotprenten van de profeet Mohammed. De campagnefilm van de PVV is hiermee niet bereikbaar in Turkije. PVV-leider Geert Wilders wilde eerder in […]

Turkish Airlines is voor de vijfde keer op rij gekozen tot de beste luchtvaartmaatschappij van Europa. Dat maakte het luchtvaartadviesbureau Skytrax in de afgelopen dagen bekend tijdens de 2015 Skytrax World Airline Awards. Ook heeft Turkish Airlines de award voor “World’s Best Business Class Airline Lounge” en “World’s Best Business Class Lounge Dining” gewonnen. Skytrax […]

EU Minister Bozkir says report is unacceptable and will be returned without being opened Turkey rejected a 2014 progress report on EU membership compiled by the European Parliament on Wednesday. The country’s EU Minister Volkan Bozkir said Ankara will return the report, which covers the reforms Turkey has made to comply with to join the EU, without […]

Pro-Kurdish party enters parliament for first time after taking 12 percent of vote The preliminary count in Turkey’s 25th general election shows the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party has lost its parliamentary majority. With 97.28 percent of votes counted, the party had received 41.21 percent of votes giving it 260 seats, 16 short of the number needed to form a […]

De Turkse parlementsverkiezingen zijn in de loop van de dag op 7 juni 2015 LIVE te volgen [iframe src=”http://secim.aa.com.tr/” height=”684″]

The 433 kilometer long Gebze-Orhangazi-Izmir motorway will allow drivers to cover the distance between Istanbul and Izmir within three and a half hours. A consortium of eight Turkish Banks and Deutsche Bank AG London have signed a $5 billion loan agreement for Turkey’s largest highway project to date. The 433 kilometer (269 miles) long Gebze-Orhangazi-Izmir […]