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Pro-Erdoğan daily’s editor-in-chief targets widow of slain journalist Hrant Dink

Ali İhsan Karahasanoğlu, editor-in-chief of the pro-government radical Islamist Yeni Akit newspaper, targeted Rakel Dink, the widow of slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, in his...

New pro-Kurdish party in Turkey faces uphill battle to gain official recognition

Cevheri Güven  Founders and executives of the pro-Kurdish Human and Freedom Party (PİA), including co-chair Mehmet Kamaç, have been protesting in front of Turkey’s Interior...

More than 27,000 people subjected to torture, maltreatment under AKP rule, report reveals

A report drafted by a main opposition party deputy detailing incidents of torture and maltreatment in Turkey since the Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

Turkey to spend $298 million for construction of prisons in 2021

The Turkish government has allocated a total of TL 2.2 billion ($298 million) for the ongoing construction of 40 prisons and the building of...

8 people face up to 15 years in prison for aiding families of post-coup victims

An indictment drafted by Turkish prosecutors seeks a prison sentence of between seven-and-a-half and 15 years for eight people who were arrested in the...

Turkey’s state-owned enterprises lost $1.8 billion in 2019: report

Turkey’s state-owned enterprises suffered a loss of TL 13.7 billion ($1.85 billion) in 2019, a 24 percent increase over 2018, according to an audit...

Top court sees rights violation for second time in case of ex-opposition deputy

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled for a second time that former main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu’s right to stand for...

Journalist faces 2 years in prison on charges of insulting Turkish Parliament

Anti-government journalist Yılmaz Özdil from the Sözcü daily has been indicted on charges of insulting the Turkish Parliament because he used lowercase letters in...

Turkey’s central bank keeps main interest rate at 17 percent

Turkey's central bank on Thursday kept its main interest rate steady at 17 percent after two consecutive hikes aimed at slowing down inflation and...

Wary EU eyes improved Turkey ties as foreign minister visits Brussels

The EU's top diplomat on Thursday welcomed Turkey's foreign minister as Brussels presses Ankara to make good on recent gestures from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Erdoğan blocks news about himself, his family, his senior officials: report

Forty-two percent of news reports blocked in Turkey between November 2019 and October 2020 are related to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his family...

Turkey reaches 1 million mark in vaccinations amid preferential access debate

More than 1 million people in Turkey have been vaccinated against the coronavirus thus far despite debates over politicians and celebrities’ early and preferential...

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