The Turkish central bank keeps its key interest rate at 9%. With this, the central bank is responding to the Turkish president’s desire to bring interest rates below 10 percent by the end of the year. This while Turkey is struggling with sky-high inflation of over 84% year-on-year. Price hikes in the country are fueled … Read more
A strong earthquake scared the inhabitants of the southeastern city of Hatay this evening at 21:13 (20:13 Bulgarian time). The directorate for emergencies and natural disasters of the Ankara presidency (AFAD) announced that the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale, in Karakkhan, Hatay county. The epicenter of the earthquake was at … Read more
Gold prices moved higher in Turkey on Saturday after the precious metal rose at end-of-the-week trading 9.95% to record 24 carats, an amount 1,074.36 Turkish Liras, compared to 1,066 Turkish Liras yesterday, and the price of an ounce has now reached $1,792.80. How much does 21-karat gold cost in Turkey today? How much does the … Read more
Nine people have died and two people have been seriously injured after a van carrying illegal migrants crashed into an irrigation ditch in the Haran district of Şanlıurfa in southeastern Turkey. The incident occurred in the afternoon near Onjuler district in Haran. There were 31 illegal migrants in the van, the Şanlıurfa regional governor’s office … Read more
AFP extension ANNOUNCEMENTS•yesterday, 22:24 In Istanbul, thousands of people took to the streets to demonstrate against the conviction of Mayor Imamoglu. He is seen as President Erdogan’s biggest political rival. Yesterday he was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison for contempt of the electoral commission. Protesters in Istanbul stopped at City Hall … Read more
Preparations for the elections in Turkey, scheduled for June 2023, have started ahead of schedule. A demonstration was held in Istanbul on Thursday in support of the mayor of the city, Ekrem Imamoglu, sentenced the day before to two years and seven months in prison. The court’s verdict also includes a five-year ban from political … Read more
Thousands of Turks demonstrated in Istanbul against the prison sentence of Ekrem Imamoglu, mayor of the city. On Wednesday he was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison for insulting government officials. The convicted mayor filed an appeal. Imamoglu is seen as a potential rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in next year’s … Read more
The mayor of Istanbul was sentenced to two years and seven months’ imprisonment. Ekrem Imamoglu, political opponent of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was found guilty of insulting electoral council members, whom he called “crazy”. The 52-year-old politician from the opposition CHP party can also no longer be politically active, the judge ruled. Imamoglu is … Read more
39 kilograms and 298 grams of skunk were detained in a Plovdiv-registered truck at the Kapakule border crossing. This was reported by the Turkish site edirnesonhaber.com. According to information, the driver with the initials PAP was detained. Teams from the Edirne Police Department’s Drug Enforcement Department stopped the used truck, which entered Turkey through the … Read more
A Turkish court today sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to prison and banned the opposition politician from political activity, seen as a strong potential challenger to President Tayyip Erdogan in next year’s elections. This means that once the sentence is confirmed, he could be removed from his post as mayor of the Turkish metropolis. Imamoglu … Read more