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Erdoğan bases his legitimacy on elections. That’s why he didn’t congratulate Maduro this time

Bünyamin Tekin Back in 2019 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to "stand tall" against what they both saw as foreign...

President Erdoğan gives himself the power to declare a mobilization

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has granted himself the authority to declare a mobilization in Turkey, a power that previously rested with the cabinet, with...

‘Exodus,’ a movie tackling global refugee crisis, premieres at Berlinale

“Exodus,” a movie focusing on the stories of a group of people forced to flee from Turkey to Europe to seek asylum, had its...

ECtHR faults Turkey for poor prison conditions in post-coup period

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey for the poor prison conditions suffered by eight people who were given less than...

US investigating New York mayor’s role in opening of Turkish gov’t high-rise in Manhattan

US federal authorities are investigating whether New York Mayor Eric Adams pressured New York Fire Department officials weeks before his election in 2021 to...

Turkey’s top court refuses to annul controversial ‘disinformation law’

In a move that led to disappointment and anger among journalists, Turkey’s top court has refused to annul a controversial media law which press...

ECtHR faults Turkey for pretrial detention of 45 people over Gülen links

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the arrest and pretrial detention of 45 individuals in the aftermath of a...

Turkey’s intel agency renditioned Gülenist businessman from Tajikistan: state-run media

Koray Vural, a Turkish businessman who had gone missing in Tajikistan in mid-September and was being sought by Turkey over his links to the...

Turkey again among ‘not free’ countries in internet freedom: Freedom House report

Internet freedom in Turkey has steadily declined over the past decade, with the country again ranking among the “not free” countries concerning online freedoms,...

ECtHR faults Turkey for conviction of teacher over Gülen links in landmark decision

Bünyamin Tekin, Strasbourg The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkish courts' conviction of a teacher of...

Shots fired from both sides at Greek-Turkish border at asylum seekers fleeing Turkey’s crackdown

Bünyamin Tekin Border guards from Turkey and Greece on Thursday fired on a group of 11 asylum seekers fleeing a political crackdown by the Turkish...

Turkey seen as least reliable partner in Transatlantic Trends survey

Turkey is seen as the least reliable partner by the people of 13 countries on both sides of the Atlantic, according to the results...

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