İmamoğlu tells court diploma annulment aimed at blocking his presidential bid

Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has told a court that prosecutors pressured İstanbul University into annulling his university diploma last year, decades after it...

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...

HRW calls on Turkey to release Boğaziçi protestors and respect freedom of assembly

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Turkish government to release people who were detained in protests against the appointment of a pro-government...

HDP’s co-chair says AKP putting spotlight on Qandil, Manbij to win elections in Turkey

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Pervin Buldan said on Tuesday the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been trying to use Qandil and...

Turkey detains 6 journalists covering Syria border protest

Turkish authorities on Wednesday detained six journalists near the border in southeastern Turkey while they were covering a protest against the Syrian army’s offensive...

Turkey decides its future in knife-edge vote

Turkey on Sunday began voting in a momentous election that could extend President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s 21-year grip on power or put the mostly...

Turkish gov’t to create its ‘truth ministry’ amid rising censorship

The Communications Directorate of the Turkish Presidency has announced that Turkey will create its own fact-checking mechanism to “fight against lies and false facts...

Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens to strike UN-assisted Makhmour refugee camp

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday said his country could hit the UN-aided Makhmour refugee camp, 40 miles southwest of Kurdistan Regional Government's...

New PACE president raises concern over Turkey’s failure to enforce ECtHR rulings

Petra Bayr, the newly elected president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has said Turkey faces a serious problem of...

Voting for Turkey’s elections on religious organization premises in Lyon sparks criticism

Voting for Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections in a hall provided by the French branch of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) in...
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