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Exiled Turkish journalists denounce censorship by tech giants at UN

Turkish journalists living in exile, speaking at a United Nations panel discussion in Geneva on Thursday, denounced increasing digital censorship by major tech companies,...

Police fire rubber bullets, tear gas during protest near İstanbul City Hall

Turkish riot police on Thursday fired rubber bullets and tear gas as demonstrators protested near İstanbul City Hall over the detention of Mayor Ekrem...

Germany’s Scholz criticizes Turkey over detention of Erdoğan’s main political rival: report

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticized Turkey on Thursday for detaining İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s primary political opponent, calling the act...

Opposition faces backlash over weak response to İstanbul mayor’s detention

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is facing fierce criticism as it is accused of an inadequate response to the detention of İstanbul...

[OPINION] Another operation in Ramadan and the cycle of lawlessness

Nurullah Albayrak* Early in the morning today, those checking social media learned that 106 people, including İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu along with two district...

Turkey moving at ‘full speed towards a complete authoritarian state’

The detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of İstanbul and a leading political opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been met with global...

Turkish lira hits historic low against dollar as İstanbul mayor detained

The Turkish lira plunged to an all-time low against the dollar on Wednesday, after police raided the home of İstanbul's powerful opposition mayor, Ekrem...

Turkish police detain İstanbul mayor, Erdoğan’s strongest rival

Turkish police raided the home of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Wednesday, detaining him over a corruption probe, in a move denounced by the...

Turkish justice minister, pro-Kurdish party dispute possibility of release for militant leader

Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has ruled out the possibility of releasing Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Öcalan from prison amid an ongoing peace process,...

Erdoğan seeks White House meeting with Trump in April: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is working to secure a meeting with Donald Trump at the White House, possibly toward the end of April,...

Turkey says Israeli strikes in Gaza ‘a new phase of genocide policy’

Turkey on Tuesday denounced Israel's deadly strikes in Gaza as "a new phase" in its "genocide policy,” saying the government of Prime Minister Benjamin...

[OPINION] The US would be punishing Turkey, not just Erdoğan

Adem Yavuz Arslan* US-Turkey relations have always been turbulent. At times, they have improved significantly — rising from an alliance to a "strategic partnership" under...

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