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State vs. nation: Turkey gears up for the elections

Turkish voters will be making decisions that could have a decisive impact on Turkey's future on Sunday. Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Özgür...

Europe has abandoned the Kurds in favor of Erdoğan

Bünyamin Tekin Kurds in European countries are feeling increasingly unsafe in the face of attacks by Turkish ultranationalists and European countries adopting Turkish President Recep...

Five things to know about local elections in Turkey

Turks will vote Sunday in local elections as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sets his sights on winning back İstanbul, the country's economic powerhouse, after...

Erdoğan’s obsession is to recapture İstanbul in local Turkish elections

Retaking İstanbul, the "jewel" of Turkey, in Sunday's local elections, has become President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's obsession since he lost the country's economic capital...

8 detained for hate speech targeting African students at northern Turkey university

Turkish police have detained eight suspects for allegedly using hate speech in social media posts against African students at a university in northwestern Turkey...

US House Armed Services Committee members to visit Ankara on Friday: ministry

Turkey’s Defense Ministry has announced that four members of the US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee will pay a visit to Ankara on...

Syrians face dire conditions in Turkish-occupied ‘safe zone’: HRW

Turkish authorities are deporting or otherwise pressuring thousands of Syrians to leave the country to Tel Abyad, a remote Turkish-occupied district of northern Syria...

Defendants in Hrant Dink assassination retrial reveal tampering with intel

Veysel Şahin, a defendant in the retrial concerning the 2007 assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, said in court that a piece of intelligence...

Erdoğan backs Finance Minister Şimşek, dispels rumors of economic team overhaul

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reiterated his full confidence in Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek, dispelling widespread speculation of an imminent reshuffle of the...

Court orders internet celebrity to pay damages to Kılıçdaroğlu for insult

Turkish YouTuber, Twitch streamer and podcaster Ahmet Sonuç, known online as Jahrein, has been ordered by a Turkish court to pay damages for insulting...

Renowned social anthropologist released from custody under judicial supervision

Professor Nükhet Sirman, a renowned social anthropologist who was detained by Turkish police on Saturday for her academic work, was released from custody under...

HRW, NGO call for investigation into public officials for Turkey’s earthquake deaths

Human Rights Watch and a nongovernmental organization in Turkey have condemned the lack of legal action against public officials due to their role in...

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