Turkey

Turkish Trade Minister Prof Dr Omer Bolat meets Bangladesh’s Information Adviser Md Mahfuj Alam on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2025 in Turkey on 11 April 2025. Photo: PID
Foreign Policy

Bangladesh, Turkey eye stronger trade ties

The two sides discussed key issues related to bilateral trade, investment opportunities and sectoral cooperation

File Photo: Collected
Foreign Policy

Accountability key to resolving Rohingya crisis: Dhaka

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain. File Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Foreign adviser off to Turkey to attend ADF

Meta announced the end of its fact-checking programme. Photo: Reuters
Tech

Meta hit with fines by Turkey after refusing to restrict content

Collage of Prof Muhammad Yunus and Emine Erdogan. Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Turkish First Lady applauds Prof Yunus on UN Zero Waste Day

People flash mobile phone lights during a protest against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 25, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Middle East

Turkey's opposition elects interim Istanbul mayor after jailing

Police officers use pepper spray on demonstrators as people take part in a protest against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Middle East

Turks vow to protest on even as Erdogan says 'show' will end

Erdogan’s tenure has also been marked by increasing authoritarianism, suppression of dissent, and democratic backsliding. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

Is Turkey’s Erdogan a leader worth emulating?

People take part in a protest against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya
Europe

Erdogan slams protests over jailing of Istanbul mayor as 'movement of violence'

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, from the main opposition, the Republican People's Party (CHP), walks after giving testimony to judicial authorities at the Justice Palace, known as Caglayan Courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
Middle East

Six year legal fight: how Istanbul's mayor became Erdogan's prime target

Police officers use pepper spray on a demonstrator wearing dervish clothes, during a protest on the day Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 23, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
World+Biz

Turkey detains more than 1,000 in protests since Istanbul mayor's arrest

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament as he attends the reopening of the Turkish parliament after the summer recess in Ankara, Turkey, October 1, 2023. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via REUTERS
Europe

Turkey wants more than 700 X accounts blocked: platform

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), addresses his supporters from the top of a bus after giving testimony to judicial authorities at the Justice Palace, known as Caglayan Courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 31, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File photo
Middle East

Turkey jails Istanbul mayor ahead of selection to run against Erdogan