Ercin Top / Anadolu Agency Turkish prosecutors have been conducting an investigation into İyi (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener since 2016 due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the ...
Formerly jailed Pastor Andrew Brunson talked about his ordeal in Thursday’s hearing. He said as Turkish media and government continue to smear him, he loves the people and believes Turkey is ripe for “spiritual harvest.” ...
MOSCOW — Moscow’s deal with Ankara, under which Russia would supply S-400 missile defense systems to Turkey, envisages a partial handover of technologies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday, the Interfax news agency reported. ...
After an opposition victory in Istanbul, rumours swirl of a ruling-party split What did he think he was playing at? When Turkey’s autocratic president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, strong-armed his country’s electoral watchdog into annulling the result ...
Human Rights Defenders (HRD) filed a criminal complaint with the Office of the German Federal Public Prosecutor (GBA) against 248 individuals including government agents over allegations of torture, the TR724 news website reported on Thursday. ...
By Reuters ANKARA — Turkey’s government is reviving plans to transfer the central bank’s 46 billion lira (6 billion pounds) in legal reserves to its deteriorating budget to shore it up and is also considering adjusting ...
The ruling AKP’s loss in Istanbul’s local elections was the worst political defeat Turkey’s president has ever suffered, and it could be symbolic of a deeper crisis. Is this the beginning of the end of ...
Calling for peace is still considered a crime in Turkey Three-and-a-half years have passed since the Academics for Peace (AfP in short: Baris icin Akademisyenler in Turkish) boldly told Turkey’s government “we will not be a party ...
Istanbul is one of the most famous cities in the world, on account of a storied history encompassing myriad great events. As Byzantium, it was first the fortress of the eastern Roman Empire and then ...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost the Istanbul mayoral election again. But when he meets with world leaders in Osaka, Erdogan will have even bigger challenges. When they take their ...