Middle East
Signs of Rift Between Nationalist Leader, Erdogan Days Before Vote
Only 3 days before Turkey's momentous referendum, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's crucial backer Devlet Bahceli, the leader of the nationalist...
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For Turkey’s Purged, Tortuous Path Ahead To Regain Rights
Months after being sacked from public service by the government under the state of emergency, hundreds of former public officials...
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Lives Upended, Lost After Mistreatment in Turkey’s Prisons
When 33-year-old police officer Kadir Eyce was jailed in October 2016, in post-coup crackdown, he weighed more than 180 pounds,...
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Turkey Seeks 3 Life Sentences For 30 Journalists
Turkey's prosecutors seek 3 life sentences and 15 years in additional prison sentence for reporters and columnists of now-defunct Zaman...
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Critics Suspect Turkey’s Regime Change Vote Will Be Rigged
In a buzzing shopping mall just outside Istanbul overlooking the busy Ankara highway decorated with gigantic ‘Yes’ signs, granddaughter of...
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Turkey Goes Mad: Fabricating Coup From Biscuits
Ulker, the best known Turkish brand for chocolate and biscuits, has been targeted on the social media after releasing a commercial for...
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Kurdish Player Sentenced For Tweeting ‘Long Live Freedom’
A Turkish court handed down a suspended jail sentence to a Kurdish soccer star playing for Diyarbakir-based Amedspor in 2nd...
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Erdogan Struggles to Convince Own Party, His Base For Yes Vote
A number of polls point to an uphill battle for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan not only to convince the nation...
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HRW: Referendum Campaign In Turkey Lacks Fairness, Free Debate
Less than two weeks into Turkey's historic referendum on a constitutional amendment that will give the Turkish president tremendous powers,...
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Turkey Suspends Judges Who Ruled To Release Journalists
Turkish authorities have suspended 3 judges who ruled to release 21 journalists imprisoned for nearly 8 months, signaling that the...
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Erdogan Signals New Phases In Syria Campaign
Only days after Turkey announced the end of its military campaign in Syria, its president signaled new fronts against terrorist...
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Turkish Veterinarian Facing Death In Prison
A Turkish veterinarian who is in prison for nearly 4 months for downloading an encrypted app is facing death, his...
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Turkish Opposition Leader: July 15 Was A Controlled Coup
Who was behind the July 15 coup attempt remains an enigma with more questions than answers. And the question never...
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Court Changes Ruling After Campaign Against Release of Journalists
When Sehriban Aksoy went to Istanbul Silivri Prison, a notorious complex outside the city, late Friday night it was just...
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Turkish Court First Rules To Release Journalists, Then Reverses Decision
Twelve hours after a Turkish court ruled to release 21 journalists in a decision that offered a glimmer of hope...
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Turkey Fires 293 Public Workers In Latest Purge
In the latest decree published on Wednesday, the Turkish government has fired 293 public officials ahead of a referendum on...
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Tillerson Won’t Meet With Opposition During Turkey Visit
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson won't meet with Turkish opposition figures or imprisoned journalists during his visit to Turkey...
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Turkish Journalists Are On Trial Over Tweets, News Reports
“I wanted to die with a sense of departure from life when I was put into custody, to a three-man...
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Singer-Turned-Journalist Defies Court As Journalism Faces Trial
Atilla Tas is a former Turkish singer who likes to make fun of himself. His self-humiliating jokes earned him hundreds...
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