Two Turkish planes carrying 27 patients and their companions who were taken out of Gaza landed to Ankara on late November 15, after departing from Egypt’s El Arish Airport. Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca said that following “intense diplomatic negotiations that has taken place in Egypt for health aids for Gaza,” 27 patients and
The Third Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Türkiye rejected complying with the Constitutional Court’s decision to release imprisoned lawmaker Can Atalay, filing a criminal complaint against the members of the top court, quoting that they “exceeded their authority.” In an unprecedented decision on November 9, the Supreme Court ruled to defy Constitutional Court’s
Ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Türkiye on November 5-6, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made an important statement on the Gaza crisis and relations with Israel. He said that severing relations with Israel over the Gaza crisis was not on the agenda, but that he would no longer deal with Prime
T24 columnist and journalist Tolga Şardan was arrested after being detained from his home in Ankara on November 1 as part of an investigation launched over his article on corruption allegations in the judiciary. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against Şardan for his article titled “What’s in the report submitted by
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) raised policy interest rate by 500 basis points to 35 percent. The Monetary Policy Committee, which convened under the leadership of CBRT Governor Hafize Erkan on October 26, decided to raise the policy rate, the one-week repo auction interest rate, from
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on October 25 that he regards the Palestinian Hamas organization “not as a terrorist organization, but as a liberation group”. Devoting almost the entire parliamentary group speach to Gaza, Erdoğan said: “You cannot find any other country that bombs cities day and night with its warplanes, that sets buildings and
The Constitutional Court (AYM) ruled that the rights of Can Atalay, who was elected as Turkish Labor Party (TİP) Hatay lawmaker in May elections, were violated since he was not released from the prison he has been kept with the approval of his prison sentence in Gezi Park Protests case. Ruling on Atalay’s individual application
It is reported that Türkiye asked Hamas political representatives to leave the country on October 7, the day they launched an attack on Israel. Sources who asked not to be named confirmed YetkinReport the report by journalist Fehim Taştekin in Al Monitor, despite another Turkish source told Times of Israel that the report was “untrue”.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed Sweden’s NATO accession protocol and referred it to the Turkish Grand National Assembly on October 23. “The Protocol on Sweden’s Accession to NATO was signed by our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on October 23, 2023 and sent to the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye,” the Presidential Directorate of Communication
As the repercussions of the air strike on Al Ehli Baptist hospital in Gaza which claimed more than 400 lives continue, Türkiye declared 3 days of national mourning for Palestinians. “It has been deemed appropriate to declare national mourning for three days in order to share the pain of the Palestinian people due to the