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Classified as a threat in Germany, Grey Wolves at the height of their power in Turkey

Cevheri Güven A study conducted by Professor Kemal Bozay from the University of Cologne for the Berlin office of the American Jewish Congress (AJC) found...

Many out and about in Turkey despite strictest COVID-19 lockdown yet

Millions of people were on the streets on the first day of Turkey’s 17-day full lockdown, the strictest set of measures the country has...

Turkish police ordered to stop people from recording videos during use of force

Turkey's Security General Directorate has ordered the country's police officers to stop people from recording videos while law enforcement is carrying out its duties,...

AKP gov’t has privatized state-owned assets worth $62.3 bln in 19 years: report

A recent report by a main opposition deputy has revealed that Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has sold $62.3 billion in assets,...

Turkey grants emergency use authorization for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine

Turkish medical authorities on Friday granted emergency use authorization for Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the country would...

14-year-old detained in SE Turkey on ErdoÄŸan insult charges

A 14-year-old boy in the southeastern Turkish province of Hakkari has been detained on charges of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan on social...

Turkey to officially abandon Istanbul Convention on July 1

Turkey will officially withdraw from an international convention that aims to combat domestic violence on July 1, according to a presidential decree published in...

New presidential board to monitor human rights violations from Erdoğan’s palace

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, who is notorious for the widespread human rights violations in the country he governs, will monitor rights violations in...

Turkey’s longest-jailed journalist likens 18-year proceedings to gov’t theatre

Hatice Duman, the former owner and news editor of the socialist Atılım (Leap) weekly who has been behind bars since 2003, has said her...

29 municipalities in Turkey face probe over alleged passport scam

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has launched an investigation into 29 municipalities, the majority of them run by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), on...

Turkish scientist, exposing cancer risk, acquitted of charges

A Turkish scientist has been acquitted by an appeals court after he was convicted for disclosing classified information after exposing cancer risks from toxic...

ErdoÄŸan riles critics, Russia with ‘crazy’ new canal

Not content with shaping Turkey's history, President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan is about to change its geography, too, by building an alternative to the Bosporus,...

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