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Pro-Kurdish party launches donation campaign after suspension of state funds

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has launched a donation drive to finance its campaign for the presidential and parliamentary elections in May after...

Labor and Freedom Alliance holds first election rally in İstanbul

An alliance of left-wing parties in Turkey including the country’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) held their first election rally in İstanbul on Sunday,...

Turkey sees tightened government control in run-up to elections: HRW

Turkey’s government has increased its censorship powers and targeted perceived critics and opponents with bogus criminal proceedings and prison sentences in advance of the...

Erdoğan breaks silence about prison sentence, political ban on İstanbul mayor, says verdict is not final

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has broken his silence on a prison sentence and political ban imposed on İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in a...

İstanbul mayor’s ‘insult’ trial resumes ahead of elections

İstanbul's popular opposition mayor faced a new hearing on Wednesday in a politically-charged trial that could bar him from seeking office months before next...

Erdoğan says Turkey’s inflation will fall to 40 percent in several months

In remarks that raised eyebrows, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the country’s inflation, which currently stands at more than 80 percent, will...

Headscarf debate reaches Turkish parliament ahead of elections

Turkey's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Friday submitted a constitutional amendment to parliament enshrining women's right to wear headscarves at work and...

54.3 percent of people in Turkey believe they are discriminated against due to their political views

A total of 54.3 percent of people in Turkey believe they are discriminated against because of their political views, the Stockholm Center for Freedom...

Turkish prosecutors seek 15-month jail sentence for İstanbul mayor

Turkish prosecutors on Friday sought to jail the mayor of İstanbul for at least 15 months, a sentence that would see him banned from...

Erdoğan congratulates Netanyahu on Israel election win

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has written to Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him on his election victory, Agence France-Presse reported, citing the Israeli leader's...

HDP to field own presidential candidate if not pleased with opposition nominee: report

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is planning to field a veteran Kurdish politician as a presidential candidate for the 2023 elections if an...

İstanbul bar elects first woman president in its 144-year history

The İstanbul Bar Association has elected a female lawyer as its president, a first in the 144-year-long history of the bar, Deutsche Welle Turkish...

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