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Turkey top jailer of female journalists, CPJ announces on International Women’s Day

Turkey is the world’s top jailer of female journalists with 14 in prison, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) announced on March 8, International...

15,034 women murdered in Turkey during 17-year-long AKP rule

A total of 15,034 women have been murdered in Turkey since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002, according to...

Half a million people in Turkey subject to prosecution over Gülen links: ministry

According to Ministry of Justice statistics, the total number of Turkish citizens who have faced investigation since July 2016 over links to the faith-based...

Turkish court releases mother and newborn with heart disease from jail

A Turkish court in Erzurum province on Thursday released a mother who was sent back to jail after delivering a baby with heart disease...

Deputy: 4-year-old on antidepressants to cope with separation from jailed parents

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and human rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu brought up the case of a purge victim family in parliament on...

[OPINION] The time has come for a new EU strategy for Turkey

Mehmet Efe Çaman COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION, two carrots of the European Union, are considered influential and effective policy tools that enable the transformation of candidate and associated...

Prosecutor seeks aggravated life for Kavala, 15 others over Gezi protests

An indictment that has just been submitted to an İstanbul high criminal court demands aggravated life – imprisonment without the chance of parole --...

Turkey orders detention of 363 in crackdown targeting Gülen network

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 363 people as part of a massive crackdown targeting faith-based Gülen movement followers since a coup...

[OPINION] What Ankara’s Kurdish policy in Syria reveals about Turkey’s regime

To better understand Turkey’s Syria policy, particularly toward Syrian Kurds, we must look at historic events. And to better understand Turkey’s current regime, we...

[OPINION] Writing Turkey a new story

OPINION | MEHMET EFE ÇAMAN I believe that not only people but also countries have stories to tell. I guess Mr. Mehmet Göçmen, the CEO...

[OPINION] Funeral oration for a lost country

Mehmet Efe Çaman The subjective mourning of an academic in exile Does thinking hurt? Sometimes it does, especially when thinking about the past. Things change in...

NBA boss Silver backs Kanter’s decision to skip London game

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday that the safety and security of players will always be paramount for the league after New York Knicks...

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