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[OPINION] Militant secularists meddle in politicking ahead of crucial Turkish elections

Türkmen Terzi Although 99 percent of Turkey's population is Muslim, the country is constitutionally a secular state with no official religion. As a result, the...

Gender gap in Turkish parliament to remain, parties’ candidate lists reveal

The parliamentary candidate lists of 26 political parties for the May 14 general election have revealed that the gender gap in the Turkish parliament...

Amnesty International warns Turkey of human rights violations in HDP closure case

Amnesty International expressed serious concern over a closure case against Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and its potential impact on the human rights...

Turkey suspected as US-backed Syrian Kurdish leader confirms attempt on his life

Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), confirmed that he was targeted for assassination near the international airport in Sulaimaniyah, Iraqi...

Iraqi president slams Turkish bombardment of Kurdish region

Iraqi President Abdel Latif Rashid condemned Turkey on Saturday for bombarding an area near Sulaimaniyah airport in the autonomous Kurdish region, a flashpoint between...

Resurgence of Turkish socialism: cracks between TİP and HDP could jeopardize the future of the left

Bünyamin Tekin After the release of Vladimir Lenin’s 21 conditions for admitting members to the Communist International (Comintern), socialist organizations became highly factionalized, and in...

132 incidents of direct, physical transnational repression perpetrated by Turkey since 2014: Freedom House

A report by Freedom House on transnational repression reveals that Turkish authorities have committed 132 incidents, or 15 percent of the total, of direct, physical...

61 detained over alleged Gülen links in a week

Sixty-one people including students, doctors, teachers and former military cadets have over the past week been detained on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for...

Shots fired near CHP İstanbul headquarters in suspected attack, investigation underway

Shots were fired near the headquarters of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul branch on Thursday at 4 a.m. local time, in...

Erdoğan rival’s prayer rug faux pas sparks debate

A photo showing presidential candidate and main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu stepping on a prayer rug with his shoes on has triggered a debate...

Kılıçdaroğlu calls on military to prevent Afghans from illegally entering Turkey

Turkey’s main opposition leader and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has called on the Turkish military to prevent Afghan migrants from illegally entering Turkey, the...

Iraqi Kurdish oil exports to resume Monday under Baghdad supervision

Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region is to resume oil exports through Turkey Monday, but in the future, they will be supervised by the federal government...

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