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Turkish law tightening rules on social media comes into effect

Critics say the restrictions are a part of a government crackdown on freedom of expression.

01/10/2020

Turkey

Turkey not counting COVID-19 cases 'unless there are symptoms'

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca sought to draw a difference between COVID-19 "patients" and "cases" after an opposition MP suggested the true figures were 20 times higher

01/10/2020

Turkey

Kurdish politicians arrested in Turkey over 'links' to 2014 unrest

Turkey's biggest Kurdish party says the government has committed a 'brazen revenge operation' after 19 people are detained in simultaneous police raids on Friday

25/09/2020

Travel News

What is life like for a female travel photographer in Turkey in 2020?

Euronews Travel profiles Turkish photographer: F. Dilek Uyar. She explains what it’s like to be a female travel photographer in Turkey in 2020.

09/09/2020

Turkey

Turkey sentences man to life in prison for 2017 nightclub attack

Turkey sentences man to life in prison for a 2017 nightclub attack, which killed 39 people in Istanbul.

07/09/2020

Turkey

Why Erdogan won't start a war with Greece over Mediterranean drilling

Ankara is currently facing off against Greece over oil and gas drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean.

07/09/2020

Turkey

Erdogan threatens Greece over disputed territorial claims

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened Greece with “painful experiences” if the country doesn’t enter talks with Turkey over disputed territorial claims in the eastern Mediterranean.

05/09/2020

Turkey

Turkish lake turns into migrant graveyard

Lake Van, Turkey's biggest lake in the far east of the country, makes up part of the deadly route for Afghan, Pakistani and other migrants seeking security and economic opportunities in Europe.

30/08/2020

Turkey

Turkey launches new military drills in eastern Med as tensions rise

Greece accused Turkish jets of an incursion as the two sides come to blows over a longstanding dispute of maritime rights and gas resources.

29/08/2020

Turkey

Turkey-Greece dispute: Why are the two countries fighting over gas?

The dispute over drilling rights is just the latest episode in over four decades of tensions between the neighbours and NATO allies.

26/08/2020

Turkey

Severe flash floods in northern Turkey kills seven people

A massive search and rescue operation is underway in Turkey's Black sea region after flooding washed away roads and buildings.

24/08/2020

Turkey

Turkey is converting another former Byzantine church into a mosque

As with the Hagia Sophia, the decision is seen as being geared to consolidate the conservative and religious support base of Erdogan's ruling party at a time when his popularity is under strain.

21/08/2020

Turkey

Turkey announces discovery of large natural gas reserve in Black Sea

Erdogan made the announcement on Friday. The plan is for it to be functional by 2023, the centenary of the Turkish Republic.

21/08/2020

Turkey

Turkey 'set to announce Mediterranean gas find' amid EU energy dispute

A source in the presidential palace has told Euronews' Turkish service that President Erdogan will be announcing the discovery of a new natural gas source in the Mediterranean on Friday.

19/08/2020

Turkey

Have you visited these ancient cliffside tombs in Turkey yet?

Dating back to the 4th century, these UNESCO-recognised Lycian tombs are some of the oldest and most striking in Turkey.

19/08/2020

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Sumela monastery opens for the 'Ascension of the Virgin Mary' mass

The ancient Sumela Monastery, located in Macka district of Turkey’s Black Sea province of Trabzon, opened its doors to hold mass for the seventh time since resuming religious services after a pause of 88 years.

15/08/2020

Turkey

Women in Turkey protests over domestic violence

The Istanbul Convention is the world's first binding instrument to prevent and combat violence against women, from marital rape to female genital mutilation.

05/08/2020

Turkey

Turkish parliament approves new social media regulation law

Human rights advocates expressed concerns after the Turkish parliament give the green light to a law allowing the government greater powers to regulate social media

29/07/2020

Turkey

Hagia Sophia opens for first Muslim prayers in 86 years

The former Byzantine cathedral, which was until this month a museum and Istanbul's top tourist attraction, will open for the first time in 86 years for Friday prayers.

24/07/2020

Turkey

Netflix 'told to drop gay character' to get Turkey's green light

The series' creator, screenwriter Ece Yorenc, said the streaming giant cancelled the drama on the eve of filming after the government blocked the project.

23/07/2020

Turkey

Euroviews. Turkey's decision to remove Hagia Sophia's universal status is a new provocation of Europe ǀ View

The controversial decision to strip the Hagia Sophia of its status as a symbol of interfaith and intercultural co-operation is yet another hammer blow to EU-Turkish relations.

23/07/2020

Turkey

In photographs: children document life on Turkish-Syrian border

The student's projects have become a vivid documentation of life in eastern Turkey through the eyes of children, as they focus on the subjects they find the most remarkable.

22/07/2020

Turkey

Stripped, jailed, exiled: Turkish soldier shares story of 2016 'coup'

An exiled Turkish soldier tells us what happened to him 4 years ago, during an attempted military coup in Turkey.

16/07/2020

Turkey

Hagia Sophia: Church body appeals for mosque decision to be reversed

The head of the World Council of Churches has appealed to the Turkish president to reversed the decision to turn the former Orthodox Christian cathedral from a museum into a mosque.

11/07/2020

Turkey

Turkey converts Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum back into a mosque

The move sparked celebrations outside Hagia Sophia but dismay among Orthodox Christians.

10/07/2020

Turkey

Two dead and dozens injured in explosion at Turkish fireworks factory

There were believed to be around 150 workers at the factory in northwestern Turkey at the time of the explosion.

03/07/2020