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$120 bn made to ‘evaporate’ to keep dollar rate below TL 7, former Turkish economy minister says

Ali Babacan, Turkey's former economy minister who launched a new party this year to challenge President Tayyip Erdoğan, said on Wednesday that the government's...

Why are lawyers being targeted in Turkey?

The arrest of dozens of lawyers, the death of Ebru Timtik, an attorney who was on a death fast to support her demand for...

Turkey’s president launches new unit to wage information warfare

A new unit to counter “misinformation tactics waged against Turkey,” in Turkish authorities' words, will work under Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the country’s...

ECtHR has let Turkey’s dissidents down, says jailed Kurdish leader

Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed ex-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has said the ineptness of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...

Turkish migrant left stranded by Greek border guards goes missing

A Turkish migrant who fled Ankara's crackdown on dissent disappeared just hours after Greek border guards left him stranded in the Evros River, Euronews...

Outrage boils over as ECtHR president meets with Turkish President Erdoğan

European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) President Róbert Ragnar Spanó met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the presidential palace on Thursday, drawing...

[OPINION] US Isolationism Leads to Globalization of Conflicts and Endless Wars

By Irina Tsukerman* August 30, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In recent years, the common refrain that US involvement in Middle Eastern conflicts is costly, counterproductive, and...

Jailed lawyer dies in Turkey after 238 days of hunger strike

A lawyer sentenced to more than 13 years in prison by a Turkish court on terror charges died on Thursday after 238 days of...

Turkey says ready for talks in Mediterranean conflict without preconditions: report

Turkey said on Tuesday it is ready for talks with Greece without preconditions about an escalating row over eastern Mediterranean gas that saw the...

US harshly criticizes Turkey’s Erdoğan for hosting Hamas leaders: report

The United States said on Tuesday it strongly objected to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent hosting of two leaders of Hamas in İstanbul,...

Turkey has failed to provide evidence for extradition of Gülen from US: Bolton

The Turkish government failed to provide sufficient evidence for the extradition of US-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, accused by Ankara of masterminding a 2016...

Turkey registers 1,309 new COVID cases, 22 more deaths

Turkey announced 1,309 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, 106 more than yesterday, bringing the total number of cases to 257,032, according to a chart...

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