“No, that can’t happen here.” How well I remember Americans saying this three years ago, when Donald Trump rode down the Trump Tower escalator and landed in the midst of U.S. history with a resounding ...
Former bigwigs in the ruling party are said to be planning a new one One of the more tedious pastimes in Turkish politics is debating whether murmurs of discontent in the ruling Justice and Development (AK) ...
Highlights The annulment of the March 31 mayoral election in Istanbul and the ordering of a do-over on June 23 raises questions about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government’s willingness to recognize election results ...
Over 13 million Turkish citizens, roughly 15 percent of the entire population, were the subjects of prosecution in 2018, amounting to an increase of 5 million cases since 2011, Milli Gazete reported on Monday. According ...
Turkey’s foreign ministry, where I used to work, was famous for its strict hierarchy. The ministry prided itself with its two-centuries-old tradition and impeccable reputation. But after the coup attempt in 2016, extensive purges have created an ...
AFP PHOTOS President Donald Trump has thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the release of a Turkish-American scientist imprisoned in Turkey for nearly three years, adding laster that he would soon be in the ...
Photo by Ye Jinghan (Unsplash) A woman who was five months into her pregnancy when she was arrested due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement was subjected to a strip search and torture, ...
David Greene talks to a Turkish military officer about why he was forced to flee to the United States shortly after the alleged coup attempt in Turkey in 2016. DAVID GREENE, HOST: I was in ...
GENEVA (Reuters) – Turkey must release two men detained over suspected links to a cleric blamed for a 2016 coup attempt and pay them compensation for arbitrary detention, a U.N. body said on Wednesday. Academic ...
At the heart of the matter is a culture that programs most less-educated masses (and in Turkey average schooling is 6.5 years) into a) converting the “other” and, if that is not possible, b) physically ...