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Opposition MP faces investigation due to tweet on Armenian Remembrance Day

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into an opposition lawmaker on allegations of insulting the Turkish state in a tweet he posted on April...

Top court says former Kurdish MP’s rights violated over remarks about ErdoÄŸan

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that Hasip Kaplan, a former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), sustained a violation of his right...

Armenian MP faces ‘unprecedented’ backlash over motion seeking genocide recognition

An Armenian member of the Turkish Parliament from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has said he has faced an unprecedented level of backlash...

Guterres to visit Ankara before trips to Moscow and Kyiv

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday will visit Turkey, an important mediator seeking an end to Russia's war against Ukraine, before heading to...

Biden again describes past Armenian massacres as genocide

US President Joe Biden used Sunday's occasion of Armenian remembrance day to describe past mass atrocities by Ottomans as genocide, repeating his controversial description...

Wife calls for release of imprisoned former teacher with thyroid cancer

Nesli Kanat, wife of 40-year-old inmate Hakan Kanat, who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in October 2021, has demanded the immediate release of her...

Turkey marks Children’s Day as economic crisis adds to widespread children’s rights violations

Turkey is celebrating National Sovereignty and Children’s Day in an environment worsened by the country’s deteriorating economy, which forces many children to work –...

3 Turkish soldiers killed in offensive against PKK in Iraq: ErdoÄŸan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan has announced that three Turkish soldiers have been killed so far in Operation Claw-Lock, the air and ground offensive...

Greek police rescue 64 asylum seekers left on border islet by smugglers: report

Greek police rescued 64 asylum seekers, including 10 children, who had been left by smugglers on a tiny islet in the Evros River, which...

Turkey ordered detention of 148 people over alleged Gülen links in a week

Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 148 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Stockholm Center...

Turkey prohibits Syrians from going home to see family for Eid

Turkey has prohibited Syrian refugees in the country from visiting family in northern Syria for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr, Voice of America (VOA) Turkish...

[OPINION] ErdoÄŸan eyes Israeli and Iraqi gas and targets Kurds amid Ukraine war

Türkmen Terzi The ongoing war in Ukraine poses great economic and security risks to Turkey, with Russian troops controlling large stretches of Ukraine’s Black Sea...

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