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Students detained in ongoing Boğaziçi protests reveal torture, threats by Turkish police

“We were detained around 4:30 p.m. and forced to wait in a bus until 5 a.m. The environment itself was torture. We were...

Mafia boss indicted for threats against Turkey’s main opposition leader

Prosecutors in Ankara have drafted an indictment for notorious Turkish mafia boss Alaattin Çakıcı on charges of insulting and threatening a public official due...

Turkish minister says Gülen movement was not behind July 15, hints at US role

In sharp contrast to the narrative of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) regarding the masterminds of a failed coup in Turkey on...

Pro-gov’t Boğaziçi rector refuses to quit, expects protests to end in 6 months

Melih Bulu, the new rector of İstanbul’s prestigious Boğaziçi University whose appointment by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sparked ongoing protests, stated that he has...

Turkey makes first contact with Biden’s team

Turkey and the United States agreed on Tuesday to work on establishing "strong" bilateral relations, during the first contact between Ankara and US President Joe...

Tiny houses: Turkish tourism thinks small in Covid-19 era

Gizem Baburhan stepped into a tiny house on wheels she rented in the Aegean vineyards and saw the future of Turkey's coronavirus-ravaged tourism industry. "This...

Violent clashes erupt during Turkey’s student protests

Turkish police on Tuesday arrested more than 170 people in İstanbul and Ankara as a month of student protests against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Turkish prosecutors say no need to investigate disappearance of former bureaucrat

Turkish prosecutors in the northwestern province of Kocaeli have announced that there is no reason to investigate the disappearance of Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit, a...

Assyrian, Chaldean associations call on Turkish authorities to investigate disappearance of villagers

Chaldean and Assyrian associations in Europe, the United States, Australia and Iraq sent a joint letter to Turkey’s justice and interior ministers demanding a...

Rights court fines Turkey over British artist’s conviction on Erdoğan insult charges

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Turkey to pay 2,000 euros ($2,407) in non-pecuniary damages for violating the freedom of speech...

You robbed me of my workplace, Erdoğan. Take your hands off my university!

Opinion by Fatma Zeybek When I saw the heavy police presence at İstanbul’s prestigious Boğaziçi University, where I had the opportunity to earn my bachelor’s...

Berlin welcomes renewed Greece-Turkey crisis talks

Germany's defense minister on Tuesday welcomed the resumption of talks between Greece and Turkey over an explosive standoff about eastern Mediterranean borders and energy...

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