Erdoğan rival calls on Turks to mark anniversary of his detention in big rally...
Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the main political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, called on supporters to gather in central İstanbul on Wednesday...
Turkish draft law risks criminalizing LGBTI people, Amnesty warns
Amnesty International on Thursday called on the Turkish government to withdraw a draft law that would introduce prison sentences for LGBTI people and their...
EU report: Turkey’s ruling AKP commissioned ISIL for Ankara massacre
A report by the European Union's official intelligence body, EU INTCEN, has suggested that the October 10, 2015 suicide bombing of a peace march outside the...
Ankara to reject UK plan for Afghan refugee center in Turkey
The Turkish government will reject a UK plan to establish an asylum processing center for Afghan refugees in Turkey, the foreign ministry said in...
Number of Turkish asylum seekers in Germany increased by 216 percent in 2022: report
The number of Turkish nationals seeking asylum in Germany increased by 216 percent in 2022, putting Turkey third among countries with the most asylum...
Germany’s Scholz criticizes Turkey over detention of Erdoğan’s main political rival: report
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticized Turkey on Thursday for detaining İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s primary political opponent, calling the act...
Germany indicts man for passing information about Erdoğan critics to Turkish intelligence
Federal prosecutors in Germany have charged a Turkish national with espionage, alleging he spied on a group of Turkish nationals who fled a political...
Body in potter’s field identified as refugee thrown into river by Turkish gendarmes
A body buried in a potter’s field in İstanbul has been identified as one of the refugees who were allegedly thrown into a river...
Turkish police tear-gas women protesting domestic violence
Turkish police on Thursday fired tear gas at hundreds of women protesting in İstanbul against male violence, Agence France-Presse reported.
The protesters held banners saying...
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...
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