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Turkey’s third-party presidential candidate İnce says dropping out of race

In a move that is likely to change the outcome of Turkey’s presidential election in favor of the opposition candidate, Muharrem İnce, the leader...

Turkey’s control of the internet threatens elections, right groups warn

Two prominent rights organizations have called on the Turkish government to end online censorship while urging technology firms to prioritize rights as Turkey holds...

Ex-associate implicates Erdoğan’s son Bilal in construction corruption web

Further shocking revelations have emerged in Turkey as Ali Yeşildağ, part of an influential family and a former associate of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...

Attack on opposition campaign bus deepens concerns about Turkey’s election security

Already existing concerns about whether Turkey will be able to hold a free and fair election on May 14 deepened after an opposition politician...

Former Erdoğan insider exposes $1 bln corruption scheme in bombshell revelations

Bünyamin Tekin A former confidant of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan revealed the details of a $1 billion corruption scheme involving a 2007 tender, implicating...

Concerns abound as Erdoğan says ‘the people’ won’t let his rival assume presidency

Critics and opposition figures expressed concern over possible threats to a peaceful transition of power in Turkey after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan suggested that...

Turkey marks May Day amid police interventions, detention of protestors, journalists

Thousands of people across Turkey came out on Monday to celebrate Labor and Solidarity Day, or May Day, but the festivities were overshadowed by...

Turkey arrests 4 journalists detained in mass operation targeting Kurds

Four journalists who were detained along with more than 100 activists, lawyers and politicians in a mass operation targeting Kurds across Turkey earlier this...

Kılıçdaroğlu refers to his Alevi roots for the first time in historic speech

In a landmark move on Wednesday Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, presidential candidate and leader of Turkey’s main opposition party, publicly talked about his Alevi identity in...

Halkbank not immune from US prosecution for Iran sanctions violations under FSIA: Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the claim of sovereign immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) by a Turkish bank accused...

Kılıçdaroğlu accuses Erdoğan of treating Kurds like terrorists in order to win votes

Turkey’s main opposition leader and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of treating Kurds like terrorists in order to win...

Amnesty International warns Turkey of human rights violations in HDP closure case

Amnesty International expressed serious concern over a closure case against Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and its potential impact on the human rights...

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