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Erdoğan commutes sentences of 10 inmates, including 2 Hizbullah convicts

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan commuted the sentences of 10 people convicted on various charges ahead of the Eid holiday, including two men convicted...

Jailed İstanbul mayor calls for boycott of pro-gov’t businesses

İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has urged citizens to participate in a boycott of businesses and media organizations linked to the ruling Justice and...

Turkey’s opposition slams ill-treatment of detained students

Turkey’s main opposition leader on Monday condemned what he described as the “ill-treatment” of university students detained during mass protests over the arrest of...

Turkey’s opposition pushes for early elections as protests continue

Turkey’s opposition on Sunday called for early elections and the release of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, seeking to maintain momentum after more than...

Protesters flock to mass opposition rally in İstanbul

Thousands gathered for a mass rally in Istanbul on Saturday at the call of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), protesting the jailing...

No news: Families await word on students detained in Turkey protests

As Turkey’s biggest protests in more than a decade continue, families of detained and arrested university students wait anxiously outside courthouses and prisons, unable...

Video of protester in Pikachu costume in Turkey goes viral

A video showing a protester in a Pikachu costume running from police during a protest in southern Turkey over the arrest of İstanbul Mayor...

UPDATE: Jailed mayor’s lawyer released from detention under judicial supervision

Mehmet Pehlivan, a lawyer representing jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu who was detained late on Thursday, has been released under judicial supervision, according to...

Lawyer complains Turkish student detained in US ‘abducted’

A lawyer representing a Turkish university student detained in the United States and facing deportation said Thursday that his client had been unlawfully abducted. Earlier...

Watchdog imposes 10-day broadcast ban on network over coverage of protests in Turkey

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog has imposed a 10-day broadcast ban on Sözcü TV and imposed sanctions on three other opposition-aligned stations over their coverage of...

Turkish opposition leaders condemn US detention of university student

Leaders of major opposition parties in Turkey have spoken out against the detention of a Turkish university student by US immigration authorities and called...

Turkey deports BBC reporter for ‘posing threat to public order’

BBC correspondent Mark Lowen has been deported from Turkey after being detained in İstanbul on Wednesday on accusations that he posed a "threat to...

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