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‘Desert’: drying Euphrates threatens disaster in Syria

Syria's longest river used to flow by his olive grove, but today Khaled al-Khamees says it has receded into the distance, parching his trees...

Main opposition leader criticized for using gov’t’s vague ‘terror’ definition

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), attracted criticism on social media after he vowed on Thursday to reinstate former...

Turkey won’t help run Kabul airport without its own security presence: report

The Turkish government will not provide technical support to help the Taliban run the Kabul airport if the Islamist militant group doesn’t agree to...

Turkey’s Democracy and Liberties Island: a site of memory, or the AKP’s new profit-making venture

Alin Ozinian A huge, luxury hotel -- built on Yassıada, the infamous Istanbul island where former Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and his aides stood trial...

Detention warrants issued for 41 former and active-duty gendarmes over alleged Gülen links

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for five active duty and 36 former gendarmes over their alleged links to...

Armenian Protestant church transformed into library in SE Turkey

An Armenian Protestant church in Diyarbakır province has been leased to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism for a period of 10 years to...

Parents of 8-year-old boy suffering from epilepsy to serve sentences on Gülen link convictions

Another sick child has been left without parents as the mother and father of an 8-year-old boy suffering from epilepsy were arrested in Edirne...

Erdoğan’s ‘police state’ an excuse for EU to keep Turkey out of bloc: Economist

The oppressive regime of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has locked up a large number of opposition politicians, journalists, activists and human rights...

Pro-Kurdish party member abducted, tortured by men posing as police: report

Celalettin Yalçın, a member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was abducted and subjected to torture by individuals who introduced themselves as “the police”...

Turkey holds first talks with the Taliban in Kabul: Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday said Turkey has held its first talks with the Taliban in Kabul, adding that Ankara was still assessing...

Decrepit Ankara theme park tells tale of Turkey’s turmoil

The decaying dinosaur toys outside the abandoned theme park tell the tale of grand ambition, waste and troubles facing the long-ruling party of Turkish...

Forcible pat downs are unconstitutional, Turkey’s top court rules

The Turkish Constitutional Court has ruled that the police mistreated a man who was patted down against his will and detained while sitting in...

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