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Erdoğan could challenge election results using alleged fake sex tape as pretext: journalist

Turkey's political scene is heating up as investigative journalist Cevheri Güven suggests President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan may exploit a sex tape scandal to potentially...

HRW says access to information crucial amid gov’t restrictions

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said social media, which normally serves as an independent and reliable source of information, has played a central role...

Wrecked by Turkey’s powerful earthquakes, Antakya prepares to vote

The Şimşeks have spent months huddling in tents next to their old home, laid to waste by Turkey's catastrophic quake. How they vote Sunday could...

[ANALYSIS] Why Erdoğan’s re-election is a matter of life and death for Russian interests

Fatih Yurtsever* Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the joint presidential candidate of the Turkish opposition, accused Russia of spreading "deepfakes" ahead of the general election that will be...

[OPINION] Opposition win in Turkey’s elections would lead to realignment of foreign policy with West

Türkmen Terzi According to recent polls, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the presidential candidate of the opposition alliance and leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), seems to...

[OPINION] What Turkey’s elections could mean for Uyghurs

*Kuzzat Altay Turkey is holding presidential and parliamentary elections this Sunday. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has ruled the country as president since 2014, is on...

European socialists endorse Kılıçdaroğlu’s presidential candidacy

The Party of European Socialists (PES) has endorsed Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the main opposition leader and presidential candidate of an opposition bloc of parties, in...

Kremlin ‘strongly’ denies accusations of meddling in Turkish vote

The Kremlin on Friday denied it was meddling in Turkey's presidential election campaign, after Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's main rival accused Moscow of...

Turkey reports progress on Ukraine grain deal

Turkey said on Friday that talks to extend a deal allowing grain exports from Ukraine via the Black Sea following the Russian invasion were...

Mother of two-and-a-half-month-old baby released from pre-trial detention

Hilal Keser, the mother of a two-and-a-half-month-old infant, who was sent to prison earlier this week in violation of a law that requires the...

Iraq finalizes deal to resume Kurdish crude exports to Turkey

Iraq's federal and Kurdish governments have finalized a deal to resume crude oil exports through Turkey pending a response from Ankara, Agence France-Presse reported,...

German TV documentary focuses on Erdoğan’s pursuit of dissident journalists in exile

A documentary aired on Germany's state-run television station ZDF earlier this week tells the stories of journalists living in exile who have been added...

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