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Turkey marks World Press Day amid continued harassment, intimidation of journalists

Today is World Press Freedom Day, when freedom of the press and its importance for the democratization of a society is honored, but many...

Majority of Turks think AKP gov’t favors the rich: Metropoll survey

An overwhelming majority of Turks, 68.3 percent, think President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is the party of the rich,...

29 detained in house raids in İstanbul over May Day protests: minister

Turkish police on Friday detained 29 people who had resisted law enforcement on Wednesday in an attempt to hold a demonstration in İstanbul’s central...

Turkey’s inflation rises to 69.8 percent in April

Turkey's rate of annual inflation rose to 69.8 percent in April despite interest rate hikes aimed at taming soaring consumer prices, Agence France-Presse reported,...

Turkish court acquits 2 human rights activists who recognized Armenian ‘genocide’

Two human rights activists from a leading rights organization in Turkey have been acquitted of insult charges against the Turkish nation and government due...

182 released from custody, 35 referred to court among May Day detainees in İstanbul

Among 217 people who were detained during May Day demonstrations in İstanbul on Wednesday, 182 have been released from police custody, while 35 have...

Teacher abducted from Kyrgyzstan recounts torture, death threats in custody: report

A report drafted by a bar association in Turkey has revealed how a Turkish educator renditioned to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan by Turkish intelligence in 2021...

Turkish companies among 280 slapped with new US sanctions targeting Russia

The United States announced sanctions Wednesday on more than 280 individuals and companies based in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Belgium, the PRC, Russia, Slovakia and the...

Former CHP leader faces prison for insulting ex-minister implicated in graft probe

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the former leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), is facing a prison sentence of up to 26 months on...

French resolution recognizes WWI killings of Assyrians as ‘genocide,’ angers Turkey

A resolution passed by the French parliament's lower house, the National Assembly, on Monday recognized the mass killings of Assyrian and Chaldean communities in...

US pressure on Turkey leads to drop in Turkey’s trade with Russia: report

Turkish exports to Russia tumbled at the start of 2024, suggesting that a US crackdown on trade with goods Moscow uses in its war...

Turkey’s top appeals court upholds prison sentence of prominent lawyer

Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a prison sentence handed down to the head of a now-closed lawyers’ association who has been behind...

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