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7 detained for protesting interior minister during political campaign tour in İstanbul

Seven people were detained for protesting Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu while he was touring İstanbul’s Gazi neighborhood in a political campaign bus just days...

Turkish court bans access to fake video linking Kılıçdaroğlu with terrorism

An Ankara court has banned access to a video clip linking President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s secular rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...

35 military cadets released in coup retrial after 7-year imprisonment

A high criminal court in İstanbul has released 35 former air force cadets who were retried over incidents that took place in Sultanbeyli on...

Azerbaijani lawmakers visit Turkey to support Erdoğan ahead of Sunday’s runoff

A delegation of members of the Azerbaijani parliament visited the offices of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in eastern Turkey on Wednesday...

Kılıçdaroğlu’s appearance on popular YouTube show goes viral with millions of views in hours

A popular YouTube show featuring main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu during which he answered questions from young...

Sensing Erdoğan victory, Turkish youth ponder life abroad

Hasibe Kayaroğlu hoped Turkey’s presidential election would usher in changes. Instead, days before a runoff Sunday that increasingly looks like a coronation for conservative...

Turkey ranks 5th in world index measuring prevalence of modern slavery

There are more than 1.3 million people living in modern slavery in Turkey, which ranks fifth among 151 countries in which modern slavery is...

Kılıçdaroğlu sues Erdoğan for TL 1 mln over fake video linking him with terrorism

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has filed a lawsuit against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over a...

Turkey’s opposition woos Erdoğan’s vast housewife vote

A feminine voice rings out from behind the mounds of strawberries and olives in an Istanbul bazaar: "Let's get rid of Erdoğan!" "Defend your rights...

[ANALYSIS] Erdoğan unlikely to permit a fair runoff

Türkmen Terzi Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed victory on May 14, garnering 49.5 percent of the vote in the presidential election, just shy of...

Kılıçdaroğlu urges voter support in runoff to boost economy, stop Turkish lira depreciation

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the presidential candidate for the opposition and leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), has called on the Turkish public to support...

Former HDP lawmaker faces 8 years in prison on insult charges

Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to eight years for a former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on...

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