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Erdoğan’s targeting of journalist goes unnoticed: ‘Public got used to it’ former editor says

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan once again targeted a journalist in a public appearance, but it almost went unnoticed, and according to the journalist...

European Commission’s Timmermans calls on Erdoğan to respect local election results

The European Commission's first vice president, Frans Timmermans, has called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to respect the results of local elections that saw his...

Turkish Airlines completes move to İstanbul’s new airport: report

Turkish Airlines completed its move to İstanbul’s new airport on Saturday, fulfilling President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long-held dream of building a vast new transportation...

İstanbul ‘mayor-elect’ faces criminal complaint due to Anıtkabir visit

A criminal complaint has been filed against Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor-elect of İstanbul according to unofficial election results, due to a visit he made to Anıtkabir...

34 Western lawyers organizations urge Turkey to end persecution of lawyers

On Lawyers Day, celebrated every April 5 in Turkey, 34 Western organizations for lawyers issued a statement urging the Turkish government to uphold the rule of...

[ANALYSIS] What really happened in Turkey’s local elections – in numbers

Twenty-five years ago two young Islamist party candidates defied all odds and became the mayors-elect of Turkey’s two largest cities, İstanbul and Ankara. The success of...

Kurdish artist, journalist granted Index on Censorship’s arts award

The London-based Index on Censorship, a campaigning publishing organization for freedom of expression, has given this year’s Freedom of Expression Arts Award to Kurdish painter and journalist...

ECtHR rejects cases concerning curfews in Kurdish cities imposed by Turkish gov’t

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Thursday rejected legal challenges to curfews imposed in Turkey's Southeast in late 2015 and early 2016, stating that...

Turkey slams US State Department readout on Çavuşoğlu-Pompeo meeting

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday released a statement claiming that the US State Department readout on a meeting between Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and...

Çavuşoğlu claims Trump admitted previous administration mistake in withholding Patriot sale

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu reiterated that Ankara’s purchase of a Russian S-400s air defense system was a “done deal” and claimed US President Donald Trump “admitted...

Turkey orders detention of 20 gendarmes over Gülen links

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 20 gendarmes as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run...

Turkey’s annual inflation rises to 19.71 pct in March

Turkey’s annual consumer price inflation rose to 19.71 percent in March, official data showed on Wednesday, slightly exceeding poll forecasts as food prices jumped despite unorthodox...

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