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Local journalist fatally shot in attack in northwestern Turkey

A journalist who owned a local news website in northwestern Turkey was fatally shot in front of his office on Saturday, Turkish media outlets...

Turkish court extends businessman Kavala’s detention despite CoE disciplinary action

A Turkish court ordered businessman Osman Kavala to remain in prison Monday amid fresh calls for his release in a high-profile case that has...

Turkey silences critics with presidential insult law

Turkish journalist Sedef Kabaş begins her second month in detention on Tuesday for "insulting the president," an increasingly common offence which observers believe is...

[ANALYSIS] The geopolitics of East Med natural gas: implications for Turkey’s foreign policy

Fatih Yurtsever* The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean natural gas resources in the eastern Mediterranean (East Med) area at 8.1 trillion...

[OPINION] Not the top court but Erdoğan will seal the fate of the pro-Kurdish HDP

Ali Yıldız* The Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals’ Chief Public Prosecutor Bekir Şahin on March 17, 2021 lodged a case for the closure of the...

Opposition news outlets in Turkey slammed for publishing ads of notorious pro-gov’t firm

Several critical news outlets in Turkey have been slammed by their readers and former employees for running an advertisement from the pro-government Cengiz Holding...

Mega-star Tarkan’s subtly political new song goes viral in Turkey

A new song titled “It’ll pass” by world-famous pop singer Tarkan, which has political overtones and sends a message that the bad times in...

114 people face detention over alleged Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 114 people including former public servants who were removed from their jobs by government decrees due to...

İstanbul skyline row erupts over new building near iconic mosque

The soaring minarets of the 16th-century Süleymaniye mosque paint the postcard image of İstanbul, but that is now blighted by rickety wooden scaffolding at...

Turkish officials in Jerusalem ahead of Israeli visit

Senior Turkish officials held meetings in Jerusalem Thursday ahead of a rare visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Turkey, Agence France-Presse reported, citing...

[OPINION] Is Turkey sowing chaos in Libya?

Türkmen Terzi Libya has been on the verge of descending into another political crisis since the Tobruk-based House of Representatives appointed former interior minister Fathi...

TurkStat paints rosy picture about life satisfaction level of Turkish people

Amid soaring inflation and declining purchasing power that are wreaking havoc on the lives of Turks, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has painted a...

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