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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...

Turkey ranks 107th among 177 countries in Index of Economic Freedom

Turkey has been ranked 107th among 177 countries, dropping 31 places since last year, in the Washington-based Heritage Foundation’s 2022 Index of Economic Freedom,...

TurkStat’s inflation figures reflect ‘dishonesty’ by Erdoğan and his ‘yes-men,’ economist says

Steve Hanke, a professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, has said that recent inflation figures released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat)...

Jailed businessman Kavala awarded human rights prize in Germany

The Society of Friends and Supporters of the Tonhalle has awarded the Tonhalle Human Rights Prize for 2022 to prominent businessman and philanthropist Osman...

Turkey’s top court says secret witness testimony enough evidence for arrest

Turkey's Constitutional Court has said in a reasoned decision that it is lawful to arrest suspects even if the incriminating testimony of a secret...

[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...

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