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Turkey saw crackdown on journalists escalate in Q4, with dozens behind bars: report

Some 200 journalists appeared in court in 102 trials in Turkey from October to December, while the number of journalists in jail rose from...

Turkish gov’t intensifies crackdown on opposition party with new wave of detentions

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 10 senior officials from nine district municipalities in İstanbul, most of which are run by the main opposition Republican...

US prosecutors ordered to drop charges against NYC mayor over corrupt dealings with Turkish gov’t

The US Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors on Monday to drop charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams over his alleged corrupt dealings...

[OPINION] Erdoğan mobilizes courts to determine opposition’s presidential candidate himself

Ömer Murat* In the old Turkey, the secular army used to issue memorandums to governments to keep political parties in line. The primary message conveyed...

Far-right Erdoğan ally calls Trump’s plan to take over Gaza a ‘ticking time bomb’

Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and an ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has expressed strong opposition to...

Turkish Cypriot business tycoon dies at 83: report

Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir, once a fugitive from justice for stealing millions from his British Polly Peck conglomerate, has died,  Reuters reported, citing...

DEM Party delegation leading peace talks to meet with Iraqi Kurdish leaders

A delegation from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) that has been involved in peace talks aimed at resolving an armed...

Ankara mayor declines to take part in intraparty vote on presidential candidate

Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) will not participate in a preliminary intraparty election that will determine the...

Erdoğan says ‘no one has the power’ to remove Palestinians from Gaza

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Sunday no one had the power to remove Gazans from their war-devastated homeland, dismissing Donald Trump's plan to...

3 journalists briefly detained in Turkey over İstanbul prosecutor story

Three journalists from the online version of left-leaning newspaper Birgün have been briefly detained for questioning under anti-terror legislation over a story linked to...

Turkey’s spy chief in Tehran for talks on ‘terror threats’

Turkey's spy chief İbrahim Kalın has held talks in Tehran with his Iranian counterpart to discuss the fight against "terror" groups and the situation...

Crackdown on Kurds continues amid ongoing peace talks with PKK

Turkish authorities’ crackdown on Kurds, including political figures and journalists, is continuing amid ongoing peace talks between Ankara and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK),...

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