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Erdoğan rival hardens tone, courting Turkish nationalists

Turkey's opposition leader vowed Thursday to send millions of migrants back home in a strident message aimed at winning the support of an ultranationalist...

20-year-old woman takes own life, saying she saw no future under AKP rule

A 20-year-old woman died by suicide on Monday evening, saying the results of the May 14 elections in Turkey left her in despair and...

Sabah daily journalists released after brief detention in Germany

Fatma Zibak German police on Wednesday raided the offices of Turkey’s pro-government Sabah newspaper in Frankfurt and breifly detained two journalists, Sabah reported. Sabah representative in...

Wikipedia founder says Twitter was wrong to block tweets during Turkey’s election

Twitter's decision to block certain content in Turkey the day before its presidential and parliamentary elections was wrong, Jimmy Wales, the founder of online...

Kurdish journalists appear in court following 7 months in pretrial detention

Eleven Kurdish journalists appeared in court for the first time on Tuesday after nine of them were put in pretrial detention on terrorism charges...

Women’s representation in Turkey’s new parliament increases to 20 percent but remains low

Among the female candidates who were nominated by political parties for a seat in the Turkish parliament in the May 14 general election, 121...

US report reveals widespread rights violations against religious groups in Turkey in 2022

An annual report released by the US Department of State on religious freedoms around the world has revealed that various religious groups and minorities...

EBRD bank lowers Turkey GDP forecast, upgrades Russia

Turkey's earthquake-hit economy will grow this year by less than previously forecast, while Russian output will shrink far less than expected despite Ukraine war...

Turkey will hold presidential runoff on May 28: election authority

Supreme Election Board (YSK) President Ahmet Yener announced in a press statement that Turkey would hold a presidential runoff on May 28 since initial...

Iraqi Kurds await ‘final deal’ on Turkish crude exports

Officials in Iraqi Kurdistan say Baghdad is still waiting to reach a "final agreement" with Ankara to resume oil exports to Turkey, where the...

Potential kingmaker says no concessions to Kurds a precondition for supporting Kılıçdaroğlu: report

Sinan Oğan, Turkey's nationalist presidential candidate who finished third in Sunday's election, said he could only support main opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the...

State-run TRT provided 91 times more airtime to Erdoğan than to rival Kılıçdaroğlu

Public broadcaster Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) dedicated 91 times more airtime to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan than to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, his main...

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