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Erdoğan’s centralized presidential government has set back Turkey’s human rights record by decades: HRW

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s centralized presidential government has set back Turkey’s human rights record by decades, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its annual...

Turkey raises tax thresholds for some vehicles: report

Turkey has stepped up price thresholds for a special consumption tax on vehicles with small combustion engines while adding more categories, the Official Gazette...

4 Turkish political parties condemn anti-gov’t protests in Kazakhstan in rare show of unity

In a rare show of unity four political parties in the Turkish Parliament have condemned anti-government protests in Kazakhstan that descended into violence last...

Ray of hope peeks through Turkey’s sealed Armenia border

The tracks have been abandoned to birds and stray dogs at the last Turkish train stop before the Armenian border, shuttered for three decades...

[OPINION] Turkey and Russia on opposite sides over struggling Kazakhstan

Türkmen Terzi Kazakhstan, the largest country in Central Asia, has rarely made international headlines over the last 30 years. This changed in the past week with...

Turkey ranks 50th on Henley Passport Index in 2022

Turkey has risen seven places on a list of countries with the most powerful passports and now ranks 50th, according to the Henley Passport...

Turkish muftis instructed to promote choosing ‘religion’ as elective course in schools

Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate has instructed muftis to promote during Friday sermons the selection of religion-related classes as elective courses in middle and high...

Turkey’s current account swung to $2.68 billion deficit in November

Turkey's current account recorded a deficit of $2.68 billion in November as expected, official data showed on Tuesday, flipping into the red after three...

Assailants dressed as police kill young Syrian refugee in ‘house raid’ in İstanbul

Amid a rising number of hate crimes targeting refugees in Turkey, a group of unidentified assailants wearing police uniforms raided an İstanbul apartment where...

185 face detention over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigations’

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 185 people including active duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to...

Cologne-based NGO launches campaign for reinstatement of Turkey’s purge victims

An NGO founded by Turkish lawyers, businesspeople and former bureaucrats in Cologne who are political asylum seekers in Europe has launched a signature campaign...

[ANALYSIS] Why hasn’t Turkey become a party to UNCLOS?

Fatih Yurtsever* The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), considered a “Constitution for Oceans,” is an international treaty that provides a...

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