US to end prosecution of Turkiye’s Halkbank over alleged business with Iran

US prosecutors say Turkish assistance in negotiating ceasefire and release of captives in Gaza contributed to settlement. The United States has tentatively agreed to drop a criminal case accusing Turkiye’s…

Turkiye’s Erdogan calls Israel’s Somaliland recognition ‘unacceptable’

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has accused Israel of violating international law and of ‘illegal aggression’. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned Israel’s decision to recognise Somaliland as a…

Turkiye’s opposition leader Ozgur Ozel re-elected as CHP party chairman

Ozel urges President Erdogan to call early election ‘in November at the latest’ amid the largest antigovernment protests in the country in more than a decade. Ozgur Ozel has been…