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Turkey restores parliamentary membership of opposition lawmaker

The Turkish Parliament on Thursday reinstated the parliamentary membership of Enis Berberoğlu, a politician from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) who was...

200,000 doses of ‘missing’ COVID-19 vaccine allegedly received by people close to AKP

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker Murat Emir has claimed that nearly 200,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine received from China are "missing"...

Turkey sees record rise in number of civil servants under AKP rule

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which promised to downsize state institutions to reduce public spending when it first came to power in...

Nearly half of Turks want to live or study abroad, survey reveals

A total of 47.3 percent of Turks, including 34.3 percent of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) voters and 43 percent of supporters...

Turkey rejects US appeal to release civil society leader Kavala

Turkey on Thursday rejected a US call to release jailed civil society leader Osman Kavala, accusing Washington of interference, Agence France-Presse reported. Kavala, a businessman...

3 Turkish soldiers killed in northern Iraq

Three Turkish soldiers have died in a new offensive against militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, Agence France-Press reported,...

European rights court delivers verdict in Kurdish politicians’ case after 14 years

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has delivered its verdict in the case of 10 politicians from the now-closed People’s Democracy Party (HADEP)...

European lawmakers stand with prominent human rights activist Gergerlioğlu

A group of European lawmakers, academics and activists expressed solidarity with human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu and...

Erdoğan’s call for constitution revamp shakes up Turkish politics

Four years after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan assumed sweeping powers, he has wrong-footed his opponents once again by calling for a new constitution,...

Erdoğan says circumstances ripe to talk about a new constitution for Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reiterated his willingness to press ahead with a new constitution for Turkey, saying the circumstances in the country...

Hagia Sophia imam urges elimination of principle of secularism in new constitution

The chief imam of the Hagia Sophia, which was converted into a mosque from a museum last summer, has said the principle of secularism...

Turkey’s unemployment slightly down in November, standing at 12.9 percent

Turkey's unemployment rate fell by 0.4 points in November, to 12.9 percent, while the country saw a drop in the employment rate, with a...

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