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[OPINION] Erasing the archives: How authoritarian regimes wage war on memory

Adem Yavuz Arslan* “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”** That line appeared as a party slogan in George...

[OPINION] Never-ending ‘maybe’: Europe’s fear of belonging and Turkey’s flight from responsibility

Yasemin Aydın* The October 2025 visit of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to Ankara was not a turning point in policy but a revealing episode in...

Turkey not future ruler of Cyprus, says EU foreign policy chief Kallas

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday that it will be the people of Cyprus, not Turkey or the EU, who...

İstanbul court accepts indictment of businessman, CHP mayors in major corruption case

An İstanbul court has accepted a sweeping indictment of businessman Aziz İhsan Aktaş and several mayors from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP),...

Turkey slams EU report for criticizing judiciary and rights record

Ankara called the European Commission’s criticism of Turkey’s judiciary and human rights record in its 2025 report on the country’s progress toward European Union...

Russia, Turkey negotiating to renew major gas supply deals: report

Russia and Turkey are negotiating to maintain gas deliveries from Russian energy giant Gazprom as two major pipeline supply contracts near expiration, Bloomberg reported...

Erdoğan’s far right ally slams US ambassador over Turkey-Israel ‘alignment’ remark

Devlet Bahçeli, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s nationalist ally, on Tuesday sharply criticized the US ambassador in Ankara for saying that Turkey and Israel could...

Jailed PKK leader urges genuine effort from all sides in Turkey’s peace efforts

Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), has called on all parties involved in Turkey’s peace efforts to act with...

Turkey vows tougher action on market manipulation by investment funds

Turkey will impose tougher penalties and new regulations to curb market manipulation by “certain” investment funds, Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek said Tuesday in a...

Turkey increases non-Russian oil imports after new Western sanctions: report

Turkey’s main oil refineries have begun buying more non-Russian crude following the latest round of Western sanctions on Moscow, two people with direct knowledge...

Turkish flights to Iraq’s Sulaimaniyah resume after PKK-linked ban

Flights between Turkey and the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah resumed on Monday after a two-and-a-half year ban due to accusations from Ankara of...

Turkey, Muslim allies say Palestinian self-rule key to Gaza future

Gaza's future must be Palestinian-led and avoid any new system of tutelage, Turkey and six of its top Muslim allies said Monday after talks...

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