CHP leader calls for former mayor’s release, denounces arrests of protesters in growing clashes over Turkish democracy.Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Turkiye’s Istanbul have…
Pro-Palestine student Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested on Tuesday by US immigration authorities in Massachusetts.A federal judge in Massachusetts has temporarily barred the deportation of a…
We unpack the Turkiye protests with voices from both sides of a split political and media landscape.Turkiye is witnessing its largest protests in more than…
Despite the crackdown, opposition activists promise to ‘not back down’, urging more people to take to streets.Turkish police have detained 1,113 people across the country…
The jailing of Istanbul’s embattled Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a prominent opposition figure, has triggered Turkiye’s most significant street unrest in years. Just four days after…
Tens of thousands in cities around Turkiye protested on Saturday against the arrest of a prominent opposition politician. Citizens defied a ban on gathering and…
Predawn arrest of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu sets off protests in several cities that are likely to continue into the weekend.Turkish protesters took to the streets…
NewsFeedThousands of people in Turkiye are protesting the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival to President Erdogan, on corruption and terror charges.…
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is in custody after being detained on corruption and terror charges, which led to protests.Turkiye has detained 37 people accused of…
On February 28, 2025, in a broadcast watched around the world, President Donald J. Trump unintentionally launched the policy of the Trump Doctrine. In what…
Kurdish group calls on Ankara to release jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan, who been held near total isolation since 1999.The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has declared…
Abdullah Ocalan, the founder and leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has issued a statement from prison calling upon the group to dissolve itself…
Questions rise over safety measures at the Grand Kartal Hotel at a ski resort in the Bolu Mountains.Turkiye has arrested nine people in connection with…
A hotel fire broke out in a ski resort in northwestern Turkiye, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more. Source link
Officials say fire broke out overnight at the restaurant of a hotel at a ski resort in Bolu province.A hotel fire in a ski resort…
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan threatens military action against PKK-linked YPG group if they fail to meet Ankara’s demands.Turkiye has threatened to launch a military operation…
FM Hakan Fidan says only ‘a matter of time before YPG is eliminated’ in Syria, urges West to cease supporting group.Turkiye’s foreign minister has said…
DEM Party expected to hold face-to-face meeting with Abdullah Ocalan, who has been in prison for 25 years.Turkiye will allow parliament’s pro-Kurdish party to visit…
Nearly 31,000 Syrians have returned home since the fall of strongman Bashar al-Assad, according to the interior minister of neighbouring Turkiye, which shelters some 3…
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) has cut its benchmark one-week repo rate by 250 basis points, bringing it down to 47.5%.…