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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...

Islam is compatible with democracy, ‘Islamic state’ is an oxymoron, Gülen writes in Le Monde

US-based Turkish Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen has said there is no incompatibility between democratic and Islamic values, adding that an “Islamic state” would be...

[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 --...

State news agency runs story warning Turkish families of ‘dangers’ of K-Pop culture

Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu news agency on Friday ran a story warning parents about the “dangers” of South Korean-based K-Pop (Korean pop) music bands, which...

[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...

Young Syrian refugees in Turkey targeted by criminal networks: report

The International Crisis Group (ICG) released a report on Monday which claims that a generation of young Syrians in Turkey is susceptible to exploitation...

Ministry investigating above-normal produce prices in Turkish markets

Turkey’s Ministry of Customs and Trade issued a statement on Wednesday saying they have increased audits to detect and investigate higher than normal produce...

[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...

Law stipulating review of all movies before release goes into effect in Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday signed new legislation that mandates the review of all movies produced in the country before their release. The...

[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...

Writer Düzkan surrenders to serve prison sentence for supporting Kurdish daily

Feminist writer and journalist Ayşe Düzkan on Tuesday surrendered to authorities to serve an 18-month jail sentence handed down for acting as the symbolic...

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