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Erdoğan signals limiting top court’s power as he sides with appeals court in crisis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is using a judicial crisis involving two high courts due to conflicting rulings on a jailed lawmaker to press...

Former Kurdish politician gets suspended sentence on terrorist propaganda charges

Emine Ayna, a former co-chair of the Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), has been given a suspended sentence for disseminating terrorist propaganda in speeches...

Opposition MP joins ruling AKP after resigning from nationalist İYİ Party

A lawmaker has joined the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) days after resigning from the nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party, local media reported...

Erdoğan accuses new opposition leader of sympathizing with ‘terrorists’

In his first comments about Özgür Özel, the new leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused him...

Erdoğan says Hamas militants not terrorists but ‘liberators’ fighting for their land

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that Palestinian militant group Hamas, which staged a brazen attack in Israel on Oct. 7, is not...

Turkey’s nationalist opposition leader calls Netanyahu ‘war criminal, baby killer’

Meral Akşener, leader of the nationalist İYİ (Good) Party, lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the civilian deaths in the Palestinian...

AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate bureaucrats collecting multiple salaries

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Tuesday rejected a parliamentary motion filed by the...

Turkey’s far-right leader vows to fight in Gaza against Israel

Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has said he is ready to travel to the Palestinian enclave of Gaza...

Turkey’s far-right leader gave Israel 24-hour deadline to stop attacks on Gaza

Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), gave a 24-hour deadline to Israel to stop its airstrikes on the Palestinian...

AKP politician makes antisemitic remarks to condemn strike on Gaza hospital

A city council member from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has made antisemitic remarks, including praise for Adolf Hitler for killing Jews,...

AKP’s Islamist ally calls for expulsion of Israeli diplomats from Turkey

Amid the rising anti-Israeli sentiment in Turkey due to ongoing Israeli attacks on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, the radical Islamist Free Cause Party...

AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate alleged corruption in judiciary

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Wednesday rejected a parliamentary motion filed by the...

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