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Documentary reveals injustices faced by academics purged in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown

"Elması Çöpe Atmak" (Throwing Diamonds in the Trash), a documentary recently released on KHK TV –- a YouTube channel established by Turkey’s purge victims –-...

Main opposition leader calls for referendum on citizenship for refugees

The leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has called for a referendum on whether the country should grant citizenship to people...

ErdoÄŸan sacks two vice chairmen at TurkStat

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan has fired two vice chairmen at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), which is at the center of an ongoing...

Governor says Turks would not tolerate a minister from a pro-Kurdish party

A governor in northwestern Turkey has argued that Turks would not tolerate a member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which he equated...

Turkish central bank holds rate at 14 percent despite price surge

Turkey's central bank kept its key rate steady at 14 percent for the third straight month on Thursday as expected, sticking to President Recep...

[OPINION] Why Turkey’s diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine war are fruitless

Türkmen Terzi The world has sharply diverged in its stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with democratic countries siding with Ukraine, while a few...

Turkey’s foreign minister says in Moscow that war must stop

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, speaking alongside his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Wednesday, said the war in Ukraine must stop and...

RSF calls on Turkey to act quickly to protect journalists after 2 murders in a year

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Turkish authorities to adopt urgent measures for the safety of journalists, with two of them murdered in...

Top judicial board removes 5 prosecutors from jobs due to alleged Gülen links

Turkey’s Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has removed five prosecutors from their jobs due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

Court dismisses lawsuit filed by ErdoÄŸan against main opposition leader

An Ankara court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan against the country’s main opposition leader on allegations of insult, a...

Top court finds rights violation in 3-day advertising ban imposed on Cumhuriyet daily

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a three-day advertising ban imposed on the pro-opposition Cumhuriyet daily in 2013 was a violation of the right...

Israeli mob boss sought on INTERPOL Red Notice captured in Ä°stanbul

A 31-year-old Israeli mafia leader named Omre Oda, who was wanted on an INTERPOL Red Notice, has been captured in a police operation in...

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