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Press freedom organizations to hold protest when Erdoğan visits UK

English PEN and other press freedom organizations have invited the public to join the “Free Turkey Media” protest to be held on May 15...

Survey: AKP, allies set to win parliamentary majority in Turkey’s June elections

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its nationalist alliance partner are seen to be attracting support from about 54 percent of voters...

OSCE visits Turkish opposition to discuss possible election fraud in June polls

An Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) delegation has met with Turkish opposition party members prior to snap elections on June 24,...

Pro-government daily insults ‘OK’ Twitter protestors

The pro-government Akşam daily on Thursday insulted Turkish Twitter users who joined the T A M A M (OK in Turkish) campaign following a...

16 more military personnel detained on Thursday over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police on Thursday detained 16 military members of varying ranks across 13 provinces over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement as part...

Armenia’s new PM calls for diplomatic relations with Turkey ‘without preconditions’

Armenia’s newly elected Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated on Wednesday that the country is ready for the re-establishment of diplomatic relations without preconditions with...

CHP report reveals gross human rights violations in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons

A report drafted by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) reveals that the prison population in Turkey has increased by 285 percent during...

1 HDP deputy gets suspended sentence, another acquitted on terror charges

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ağrı deputy Dirayet Taşdemir has been given a suspended 20-month sentence on terror charges, while another HDP Ağrı deputy,...

Students, academics protest proposed division of Istanbul University

Istanbul University students and academics continued a weeks-long protest on Tuesday in Beyazıt Square against a bill submitted to the Turkish Parliament to split up...

Turks’ ‘OK’ to Erdogan’s offer to step down tops Twitter worldwide trends

Following remarks by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday saying, “If our nation says ‘OK’ , then we will step aside,” T A...

Turkey’s public broadcaster under fire over lack of opposition election coverage

İsmail Saygılı, a concerned citizen, filed a criminal case on Tuesday against Turkey’s public broadcaster, TRT, over the lack of coverage of Republican People’s...

World champion racer to call it quits upon Erdoğan’s order

World Supersport Champion and Turkish national motorcyclist Kenan Sofuoğlu, 33, announced he was ending his career upon the order of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip...

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