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HDP deputy Paylan may lose immunity due to remarks on 1915 incidents

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) İstanbul deputy Garo Paylan, who is of Armenian origin, faces the risk of losing his parliamentary immunity as Turkish...

[OPINION] Iranian intelligence drives a wedge between Turkey and NATO

Abdullah Bozkurt Tapping in on the growing outcry in Turkish public opinion about the US embassy move to Jerusalem, Iranian proxy groups operating in Turkey...

NY court sentences Turkish banker Atilla to 32 months for Iran sanctions evasion

A US Federal judge has sentenced Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla to 32 months in prison, with credit for time already served, according to...

Turkish president, PM use TL 747 million from discretionary funds in Q1

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım have used a total of TL 747 million (around $170 million) from discretionary funds...

Turkey’s Erdoğan meets with anti-Zionist organization in London

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday met with members of the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta organization in London following Israel’s violent response to Palestinians...

ECtHR orders Turkey to pay 12,000 euros to torture victim

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Turkey to pay 12,000 euros to Turkish citizen Mehmet Uğraş Vatandaş in pecuniary and non-pecuniary...

HDP party council member arrested at İstanbul airport to serve prison sentence

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) party council member Pınar Aydınlar, also a famous folk singer, was arrested on Tuesday due to a final judgment by...

Turkey accused of using German spy software on CHP members during ‘March of Justice’

Turkish authorities used spy software developed by a German firm to infiltrate the smartphones of members of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)...

Campaign launched against lack of opposition election coverage on TRT

As the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) attracts growing criticism for failing to give sufficient election coverage to opposition parties, an online campaign...

[INTERVIEW] ‘For the Kurds, life has almost stopped in Diyarbakır,’ says Turkish politician who launched Brotherhood Walk

"I was not expecting to be interrupted. The police were ignoring us, since they got orders from their superiors. But this time, apparently the...

[PROFILE] The rise and fall of Arda Turan

Arda Turan, a 31-year-old Barcelona footballer on loan to İstanbul’s Başakşehir football team, hit a career low by bullying the referees in a match...

HRW: Turkish gov’t creating climate of fear on university campuses

Turkey’s universities are experiencing a period of self-censorship and a lack of academic freedom as hundreds of academic staff members face prosecution and thousands...

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