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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...

US sanctions pro-Erdoğan businessman over Iran oil trade

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Turkish businessman Sıtkı Ayan for allegedly operating a trading network that handled hundreds of millions of...

US, Sweden, Finland seek Turkey greenlight soon on NATO

Finland and Sweden joined the United States on Thursday in asking Turkey for its greenlight soon to join NATO, saying they have been fulfilling...

US Senator Menendez reiterates his opposition to F-16 sale to Turkey

US Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Chairman and Democratic Senator Bob Menendez has said he will not abandon his opposition to the sale of...

Rail employee reassigned to eastern Turkey for possessing Demirtaş’s book

Turkish State Railways (TCDD) reassigned an officer to a post in eastern Turkey after his superior told the police he possessed a book authored...

Former HDP executives indicted for referring to WWI killings of Armenians as ‘genocide’

Eleven former executives from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have been indicted on charges of insulting the Turkish nation for referring to the...

Germany plans to end practice of importing imams from Turkey, abroad

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has announced that she wants to significantly reduce the influence of foreign imams on Islamic communities in Germany and put...

Turkey’s ultranationalist party seeks ban on sex reassignment surgery

The far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), an ally of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), is working on legislation that bans sex reassignment...

Child bride from religious cult breaks silence, sparking outrage in Turkey

Criminal complaints filed by the daughter of a man affiliated with a Sunni sect based in İstanbul has sparked outrage in Turkey due to...

Saudi Arabia will soon make $5 billion deposit with Turkey: Saudi finance minister

Saudi Arabia will place a $5 billion deposit at Turkey's central bank "within days," Reuters reported, citing the kingdom's finance minister, Mohammed al-Jadaan, on...

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals declines to uphold 9-year sentence for former mayor

The 16th Criminal Chamber of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has declined to uphold a prison sentence of nine years, four months and 15...

[OPINION] What is Erdoğan’s plan for northern Cyprus?

Ahmet Yılmaz* “Step by step. It will also happen…” said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in an oblique tweet on Nov. 11 announcing the observer...

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