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Turkey saw growing internet censorship in 2021: EngelliWeb report

Turkey’s already poor record on internet freedom declined further in 2021 when more than 100,000 websites and domains were banned, Deutsche Welle Turkish service...

Erdoğan to discuss NATO bid with Swedish PM in Turkey: report

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accepted a request from Sweden's new prime minister to visit Turkey for talks aimed at overcoming Ankara's objections to...

Former HDP deputy not fit to remain in prison, TTB health report says

The health of former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker and current inmate Aysel Tuğluk has rapidly deteriorated, and proper treatment cannot be provided in...

Former footballer to serve sentence on conviction of Gülen links

Former football player and coach Zafer Biryol (46), who in 2020 was convicted of ties to the faith-based Gülen movement and sentenced to six...

Swedish PM says ready to visit Turkey to unblock NATO bid

Sweden's new prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, said Thursday he was ready to head to Ankara to urge Turkey to back bids by Sweden and...

Pro-Kurdish party asks Justice Ministry for meeting with jailed PKK leader

A group of politicians from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has applied to the Justice Ministry for a meeting with Abdullah Öcalan, the...

US Senate committee says political arrests in Turkey a betrayal of NATO values

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has voiced its disapproval of the recent mass arrest of some 600 people in Turkey due to their...

AKP lawmaker resigns from party and parliament, joins opposition

A lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has announced his resignation from the AKP and also from parliament, voicing his unhappiness...

Erdoğan accused of racism and equating Kurds with terrorists in remarks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has attracted widespread accusations of racism and of equating Kurds with terrorists of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...

Turkish central bank cuts rates for third month

Turkey's central bank on Thursday cut its policy rate for the third consecutive month despite plunging lira and an annual inflation rate that has...

Senior US Treasury official traveled to Turkey to discuss sanctions on Russia

A senior US Treasury Department official traveled to Turkey this week to discuss sanctions and export controls imposed on Russia following its invasion of...

Mass detention of Gülen followers over donations sparks condemnation and anger

Politicians and human rights activists from Turkey and around the world have expressed anger, disappointment and condemnation over the mass detention of people affiliated...

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