Thousands protest in Turkey to demand bigger hike in minimum wage
Ankara, Turkey Reuters Thousands of people protested in Turkey’s capital Ankara on Saturday to demand a bigger hike in the minimum wage, chanting slogans calling on the government to resign and waving the opposition and national flags. The government announced this week that the net monthly minimum wage in 2025 will be 22,104 Turkish lira […]
Imamoglu, the Turkish mayor following in Erdogan’s footsteps
Istanbul, Turkey Reuters Newly re-elected Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has emerged as the main challenger to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s reign. But in some ways, he is following in the footsteps of the Turkish leader who ran the city in the 1990s. Aside from having led the country’s biggest city, both have family roots in […]
Turkey’s resurgent opposition knocks Erdogan in pivotal local elections
Istanbul, Turkey Reuters Turks punished President Tayyip Erdogan and his party on Sunday in nationwide local elections that reasserted the opposition as a political force and reinforced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as the president’s chief future rival. With more than half of votes counted, Imamoglu led by nearly 10 percentage points in the mayoral race […]
Explainer – Turkey election 2023: What’s at stake in the runoff?
Reuters Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan aims to extend his rule into a third decade in an election on Sunday, with the momentum seen in his favour in the runoff vote after a first round showed him ahead of his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Already buoyed by a parliamentary majority won by his Islamist-rooted AK Party and […]
Safety of Turkish mines questioned after blast kills 41
Istanbul, Turkey Reuters Turkey’s main opposition party and an engineering industry body questioned safety protocols on Monday after an explosion at a state-run mine killed 41 workers, stirring memories of the country’s worst mining disaster eight years ago. The blast on Friday at the Amasra coal mine owned by state-run Turkish Hard Coal Institution was […]