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Turkey detained 361 people in 2 weeks of nationwide operations targeting Gülen movement: minister

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Friday that 361 people had been detained in nationwide operations over the past two weeks as part...

Majority of Turks say country needs ‘a strong leader willing to break the rules’: Ipsos survey

More than 50 percent of Turkish citizens believe their country needs a strong leader willing to break the rules to fix it, a rate...

Schengen visa delays prevented 50,000 Turkish students from studying abroad in 2024

Some 50,000 Turkish students planning to study abroad faced major problems last year due to long delays and bureaucratic hurdles in obtaining Schengen visas,...

Strasbourg protesters call on Council of Europe to act: ‘Justice for everyone’

Bünyamin Tekin, Strasbourg Nearly 5,000 Turkish expatriates, purge victims, rights advocates and lawmakers gathered Wednesday in front of the Council of Europe (CoE) headquarters in...

Erdoğan says Trump ‘well-intentioned’ on delivering F-35 jets to Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday expressed cautious optimism over the delivery of US-made F-35 fighter jets, describing President Donald Trump as “well-intentioned”...

Young adults drive Turkey’s emigration surge as economic hardship deepens

Young adults are leading the growing wave of emigration from Turkey as economic hardship worsens, youth unemployment reaches record highs and optimism about the...

Turkey relieved as Iran-Israel truce reduces risk of regional turmoil

As the fragile Iran-Israel truce took hold, there was no letup in Turkey's diplomatic efforts Wednesday to prevent any return to a conflict fraught...

[OPINION] Crashed ambitions: How Turkey sabotaged its own air power

*Adem Yavuz Arslan, Washington, D.C. Once a trusted partner in NATO’s most ambitious defense initiative, Turkey today finds itself both diplomatically isolated and militarily weakened....

[INTERVIEW] In US Congress, a veteran voice raises concern over Turkey’s democratic backsliding

Abdülhamit Bilici, Washington, D.C. US Representative Chris Smith, a senior member of the House of Representatives and longtime advocate for global human rights, has been...

Strasbourg protest to call for ‘justice for everyone’ as Turkish rights violations, CoE inaction persist

Thousands of Turkish expatriates are expected to gather in Strasbourg on Wednesday for the fourth annual demonstration outside the Council of Europe (CoE) and...

Turkey urges Iran and Israel to respect US-announced ceasefire

Turkey's foreign ministry on Tuesday called on Iran and Israel to fully stop hostilities after US President Donald Trump announced a bilateral ceasefire. "We welcome...

Amnesty calls for release of dozens detained at İstanbul Pride March

The Turkey office of Amnesty International has called on Turkish authorities to immediately and unconditionally release dozens of LGBTQ+ activists who were detained in...

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