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[OPINION] The Regime

Mehmet Efe Çaman The question of whether Turkey can still be considered a democracy is no longer being asked since there is an extensive consensus...

Fitch says Erdoğan’s remarks on tightening control of central bank raise risks

International credit rating agency Fitch on Tuesday published a press release on Turkey, arguing that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s remarks last week on Bloomberg...

Turkish FM says Israel will pay for killing Palestinians

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavulşoğlu on Tuesday said Israel would pay for killing dozens of Palestinian last week, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. "If...

İYİ Party leader’s advisor arrested over alleged Gülen links

Kerim Çoraklık, head of the communications team of the opposition İYİ (Good) Party and an advisor to the party’s leader, Meral Akşener, who was...

State of emergency gives Turkish police license to harass, journalist claims

"Is the state of emergency in place to give police the right to threaten people wearing clothes they don’t like?" journalist İrem Afşin complained...

Previous holy site in Turkey’s Marmaris revealed to be tomb of Greek boxer

Archeologists have recently discovered that a mausoleum previously thought to be that of a Muslim saint is actually the final resting place of a...

Galatasaray wins Turkish Super League, giving Fatih Terim 7th title

After a breathtaking season as four football teams carried their hopes for the championship into the final games, Galatasaray won the Turkish Super League...

Pro-gov’t columnist: Erdoğan wouldn’t hold an election he would lose

Murat Akan, a columnist for the pro-government Diriliş Postası daily, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will not allow an election to be held...

[OPINION] Erdoğan and his cronies seize the wealth of critics in Turkey

Abdullah Bozkurt The unlawful seizure of assets of companies worth tens of billions of dollars and the confiscation of the wealth of critics of President...

Minister says Wikipedia ban to remain as long as it shows Turkey supporting ISIL

Turkish Transportation Minister Ahmet Arslan has said a ban on online encyclopedia Wikipedia will remain in place in Turkey as long as it does...

Gül would be branded as Gülenist, jailed, if he had joined opposition

Former President Abdullah Gül would have been labeled as a follower of the Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding...

[ANALYSIS] Turkish opposition should take foreign policy issues seriously

As Turkey heads to crucial presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24, it has become clear that opposition party candidates’ campaigns lack any foreign...

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