Turkey
Turkey detains Erdogan’s main rival in what opposition calls ‘coup’
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Feb. 27, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Serdar Ozsoy | Getty Images News | Getty Images Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival on Wednesday on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group in what the main opposition party called “a coup against our next president”. The move […]
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From giant Lego-style bricks to artificial reefs, how the construction industry is using tech to tackle climate change
The problem of stolen manhole covers in Turkey might seem an unlikely starting point for a new way for buildings to withstand earthquakes and tackle the construction industry’s environmental issues, but when a Turkish businessman heard about a new material that prevented the thefts, it sparked an idea. Cast iron is traditionally used to make […]
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European stocks pull back; Turkish inflation falls by more than expected
European markets were lower on Friday after a rocky start to 2025 for stocks around the world. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was down 0.3% by 8:33 a.m. London time, with most sectors in negative territory. Auto and mining stocks led losses, down 1.22% and 1.04% respectively, while financial services stocks added 0.32%. France’s CAC 40 […]
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From Trump and Turkey, to Russia and Iran — Syria’s regime change has huge global consequences
TOPSHOT – This aerial picture shows a bullet-riddled portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad adorning Hama’s municipality building after it was defaced following the capture of the city by anti government fighters, on December 6, 2024. Omar Haj Kadour | Afp | Getty Images The dramatic toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime at the hands […]
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World’s largest olive oil producer says ‘liquid gold’ prices on track to halve from record levels
Jure Susac, a Bosnian olive farmer from the western-Herzegovinian town of Ljubuski, delivers his pickings to an oil-mill in Capljina, during harvest season, on October 29, 2022. Elvis Barukcic | Afp | Getty Images Spain’s Deoleo, the world’s largest olive oil producer, says one of the most challenging moments in the industry’s history appears to […]
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Chinese EV maker BYD’s quarterly sales overtook Tesla’s for the first time
New cars, among them new China-built electric vehicles of the company BYD, are seen parked in the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, October 24, 2024. Yves Herman | Reuters Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD reported third-quarter revenue that topped that of behemoth rival Tesla for the first time. On Wednesday, BYD reported revenue for the three […]
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Fethullah Gulen, the powerful cleric accused of orchestrating a Turkish coup, dies
An undated capture taken from a video shows Fetullah Gulen, leader of a group that the Turkish government alleges was behind the defeated 2016 coup in Turkiye and has designated the Fetullah Terrorist Organization’s (FETO),. Social media accounts associated with the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) have claimed that the organization’s ringleader, Fethullah Gulen, has died. […]
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Eric Adams arrives for arraignment on federal corruption charges
New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrived in federal court in Manhattan on Friday morning for his arraignment on criminal charges of receiving illegal campaign donations and undisclosed luxury travel gifts while doing favors for Turkey’s government and Turkish businessmen. Adams, 64, was charged in a five-count indictment unsealed Thursday alleging conspiracy, bribery, wire fraud, […]
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‘Spook the West’: Turkey’s bid for BRICS both a strategic and symbolic step, analysts say
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends the BRICS+ session on a two-day BRICS foreign ministers summit held in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia on June 11, 2024. Sefa Karacan | Anadolu | Getty Images Turkey’s request to join the BRICS alliance is a move seen as both strategic and symbolic as the Eurasian country of 85 million […]
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Water shortages are likely brewing future wars — with several flashpoints across the globe
A ship stranded in the growing salt flats of Lake Urmia in Iran. Hamed | Afp | Getty Images The diminishing availability of water resources across the globe should be considered one of the most pressing environmental security challenges of the century. That’s the view of one military geography and environmental security specialist, who recently […]
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