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Women stage protest against attempt to close anti-femicide group in Turkey

Several hundred women protested outside an İstanbul court on Wednesday ahead of a hearing to close a well-known anti-femicide campaign group, Agence France-Presse reported. Waving...

Leading Turkish opposition figure jailed and then freed

A senior member of Turkey's main opposition party was freed Tuesday on the same day she was jailed following a conviction for having insulted...

[OPINION] The capture of the civil space by Turkey’s AKP government

Ali Yıldız* Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu claimed that 1 billion lira ($60.5 million) was funneled to the US-based Turken Foundation through donations by two...

Man who punched opposition leader in 2019 gets suspended sentence

An Ankara court has handed down a two-year suspended sentence to Osman Sarıgün, who punched Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal...

Turkey says Nordics must change laws if needed to meet its NATO demands

Finland and Sweden should change their laws if needed to meet Turkey's demands and win its backing for their bid to join NATO, the...

Opposition politician sent to Silivri Prison to serve sentence

Canan Kaftancıoğlu, head of the İstanbul branch of Turkey’s main opposition party, has been sent to the notorious Silivri Prison in İstanbul to serve...

Turkish man sparks outrage for kicking 70-year-old Syrian refugee woman in the head

A Turkish man has sparked outrage on social media for kicking a 70-year-old, mentally disabled Syrian woman on the side of her head as...

ECtHR condemns Turkey over Amnesty activist’s ‘unlawful’ detention

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Turkey over the arrest in 2017 of the head of the Turkish branch of rights...

Lavrov to visit Turkey on June 8 for talks on Ukraine grain exports: Ankara

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Turkey next week for talks on unblocking grain exports from Ukraine, which have been stalled by Moscow's...

Putin tells Erdoğan Russia ready to work to reopen shipping

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday that Moscow was ready to work with Ankara to free up maritime...

Erdoğan tells Putin Syria safe zone is ‘imperative’

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday it was essential to create a "safe zone" inside Syria near...

Greek minister says steel fence on Turkey border to undergo major extension

A steel fence between Turkey and Greece is to be extended from around 40 kilometers to 120 kilometers to prevent irregular migration from Turkey,...

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