Kılıçdaroğlu accuses state-run TRT of being AKP’s mouthpiece in speech aired on station
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Turkey’s main opposition leader and presidential candidate, criticized public broadcaster Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) for acting like the mouthpiece of...
Critical academic briefly held ahead of Turkey’s vote
A Turkish academic who has criticized the lack of democracy in his country was briefly held and questioned in İstanbul, underscoring tensions ahead of...
İstanbul mayor’s bus pelted during election campaign
Angry protesters on Sunday pelted the İstanbul mayor’s campaign bus with stones while he was touring Turkey’s conservative heartland ahead of next weekend’s general...
Turkish police detain 23 during Saturday Mothers’ 945th weekly demonstration
Turkish police have detained 23 people, including activists and family members of the Saturday Mothers, during the group’s 945th weekly demonstration in İstanbul’s Galatasaray...
21 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in April
A total of 21 women in Turkey were murdered by men last month, while 23 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the We Will...
Trustees appointed to municipalities upon Erdoğan’s instructions, interior minister says
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said trustees in municipalities in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey were appointed by his ministry upon instructions from President Recep Tayyip...
31 detained over alleged Gülen links in a week
Thirty-one people have over the past week been detained on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based...
Kılıçdaroğlu warns of provocations on election night, tells supporters to stay home
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Turkey’s main opposition leader and a presidential candidate, has called on his supporters not to go out to celebrate his possible victory...
Anti-LGBT rhetoric becomes pillar of Erdogan’s election campaign
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s May 14 election campaign is based solely on claims that the opposition is collaborating with terrorists and will grant...
Election observer says Turkey blocked him over Kurdish support
A Danish lawmaker due to be an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) election observer in Turkey’s upcoming elections said on Thursday...
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