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Erdoğan blames HDP for collapse of Turkey’s peace talks with Kurdish militants

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) of paving the way for the collapse of Ankara's reconciliation process...

Ex-AKP member hints at Erdoğan family role in alleged arming of civilians

A former member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has said it’s likely President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his son-in-law and former...

Turkey issued detention warrants for 84 people over alleged Gülen links in a week

Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 84 people including lawyers, teachers, active duty and dismissed police officers and former...

Turkish parliament passes amendment making prosecution of child abusers difficult

An amendment to the Code on Criminal Procedure which stipulates that instead of taking victim testimony, tangible evidence will be required in child abuse...

PACE welcomes release of opposition MP Gergerlioğlu

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey, Thomas Hammarberg (Sweden, SOC) and John Howell (United Kingdom, EC/DA),...

Top court upholds life sentences in Turkey’s 1997 postmodern coup trial

Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals on Friday upheld the life sentences handed down to 14 defendants, including a former chief of general staff and...

Erdoğan draws ire for omitting name of woman behind coronavirus vaccine

Twitter was abuzz with criticism after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday referred to Dr. Özlem Türeci, chief medical officer of German pharma...

Turkish businessmen file €69 billion lawsuit against state-run TMSF, other firms

Turkish businessman and former politician Cem Uzan and his brother Hakan Uzan, leader of the Youth Party (GP), have filed a €68.9 billion lawsuit...

One-third of Turkish voters not happy with their parties: survey

Twenty-nine percent of Turkish voters are not satisfied with the current performance of their political parties, while 56.2 percent are happy with them, according...

Former MP’s social media post doesn’t constitute a crime, top court says

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has announced its reasoned decision regarding the ruling that paved the way for the release of the former Peoples’ Democratic Party...

Prominent group demands ‘autonomous and free’ Boğaziçi University

A group of 14 journalists, writers and academics has started a signature campaign on the change.org website demanding that Boğaziçi University, which has been...

MP stripped of parliamentary status released from prison after top court’s ruling

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights advocate and former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy who has been behind bars since April 2, has been...

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