By Bulent Mumay The AKP is currying favor with the electorate using religion and cheap vegetables. At the same time, it is attempting to suppress any news that might cause unrest among party supporters. By ...
Turkey censored 2,950 online news articles in 2018 according to the “BİA Media Monitoring Report 2018,” released by the Bianet news website on Tuesday. Turkish authorities also blocked 77 tweets, 22 Facebook posts, five Facebook ...
President of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan / AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed at an election rally on Friday that ...
The principal of a Turkish primary school in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek has been accused of sexually abusing students, a claim also confirmed by the Turkish Embassy in the country, the ukraynahaber news website ...
By Nurcan Baysal Five years ago, when meeting counterparts from the Middle East and Europe, we were proud of our vibrant civil society in Turkey. In both western Turkey and the Kurdish region, we had ...
Turkish courts on Thursday sentenced 27 academics to prison for signing a 2016 petition calling for a peaceful end to the three-decades-old conflict with Kurdish rebels, independent news site Bianet reported . Thirteen academics received suspended jail ...
A destabilised Turkey is the last thing Europe needs. Regardless of what one thinks about Erdogan, more important things are at stake: peace and stability in south-eastern Europe and the future of Turkish democracy. Essay ...