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In today's Turkey, you may often come across young privileged Erdoğanists who are ready to lecture everyone about how important Islam and traditional Turkish values are, but behind closed doors, they...

In today's Turkey, you may often come across young privileged Erdoğanists who are ready to lecture everyone about how important Islam and traditional Turkish values are, but behind closed doors, they...

Since there is only one person taking decisions in Turkey, there must be only one person responsible for the spread of the virus. However, my educated guess is that the members of the board — who...

Turkey clinched a surprise gold medal at the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Kyiv on Nov. 28 with victory in the group mixed apparatus final.

Erdoğan government’s propaganda, depicted as being led by a group of patriots, has helped legitimize much of the criminal work of some of the members of these informal governing circles. Everything...

A Taliban official has told The Independent's Turkish service that the militant group perceives Turkey as an ally and not an enemy. "Turkey is a country that we want to build close relations with,"...

The European Parliament has called on the European Union to add the Grey Wolves, a Turkish far-right organization, to its terrorist list, in a move that's expected to further sour relations between...

The stork, whose friendship story with Turkish fisherman Adem Yılmaz was made into a film, came to the Karacabey district of Bursa province and they reunited for the 13th time.

The co-pilot of a jet on which 1.3 tons of cocaine were seized in August said that the aircraft belongs to Ethem Sancak, a businessman who has cooperating closely with President Erdoğan, daily Birgün...

During the early years of President Erdoğan’s rule you could clearly see that he was at his most comfortable while wandering the streets talking to the crowds. Yet now he is hardly able to communic...

This summer, many Turks had their eyes glued onto their TV screens. Turkey’s National Women’s Volleyball team competed in the Olympics and in the European Championships. here was something special...

Twitter has limited engagement on two tweets of Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu over hateful conduct. The tweets targeted Turkey's LGBT community and called them "perverted."

Erdoğan government’s propaganda, depicted as being led by a group of patriots, has helped legitimize much of the criminal work of some of the members of these informal governing circles. Everything...

Turkish exporters are struggling with shrinking markets as Morocco appears to have joined the countries that are effectively boycotting all products made in Turkey. Sources from the Moroccan Ministry...

Azeri President Ilham Aliyev has admitted that Azerbaijan was the country that started the Nagorno-Karabakh war. Baku has repeatedly claimed that Yerevan was the side that launched attacks.

The somewhat unexpected exhibition of a gender-based power struggle inside the political and social conservative circles could be indicative of substantial changes in this part of Turkish society. To...

Melek Çetinkaya has been struggling to prove the innocence of her son, who was a cadet sentenced to life in prison on charges related to the coup attempt of July 15, 2016. "This is a political ruling...

Since there is only one person taking decisions in Turkey, there must be only one person responsible for the spread of the virus. However, my educated guess is that the members of the board — who...

Uighurs in Turkey are having many sleepless nights. The rumor among well-informed circles is that in return for COVID-19 vaccines from China and additional economic deals, Turkey agreed to flip its...

Nepotism and corruption have become widespread in Turkey under the ruling AKP. "Even when irregularities are discovered, no legal action is taken. The government doesn’t want transparency. They don’t...

Turkey’s recent info-entertainment explosion, via the videos of Sedat Peker, have revealed several ‘secrets’ regarding the media in Turkey, including government sanctioned intimidation and building...

Galatasaray midfielder Taylan Antalyalı has become a target of homophobes for wearing a Pride-themed t-shirt. His name became a trending topic on Twitter, as thousands also shared tweets to back him.

Younger people living in metropolitan areas are moving towards more liberal values and ideals. They expect more democracy. Older people living in the heartland of Anatolia, however, are moving in the...

A lot has changed both in Turkey and in Turkey's main opposition CHP in the last decade. Following the recent congress of the CHP, I interviewed the 27-year-old lawyer Sevgi Kılıç who became the...

The municipalities of Istanbul and Ankara, both run by the main opposition CHP, have launched a lawsuit against the Interior Ministry over a circular blocking them from holding donation campaigns to...

A Turkish court has sentenced an individual on trial for “posting propaganda for a terrorist organization” to post Turkish flags on their social media account every day for a month and released them...

Football in Turkey, as in many European countries, is structured around masculinity. Game days are the days when men can act like savages, insult men and women freely, and attack anyone they like —...

CNN International is sending a team to Turkey to look into its Turkish branch's broadcasting policy. CNN Türk, a pro-government broadcaster, has been under fire for its one-sided reports.

Erdoğan promised to release a new party manifesto at the recent AKP congress. It was far from exciting. One thing, however, did grab my attention: He spoke about how the time was coming for Turkey to...

Selin Ciğerci is the new generation of Turkish LGBTI: very outspoken, she doesn’t hold back or shy away from the public eye. She seems comfortable out in the open, demonstrating details of her life...

A Turkish woman has gifted five liters of gasoline to her husband on Valentine's Day amidst the economic crisis. Gülay Şimşek said her husband had bought her five liters of sunflower oil last year...

HDP MP Garo Paylan has said that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's use of the pejorative word “gavur” (meaning “infidel”) during a speech on April 11 amounted to hate crime. Paylan asked in a parlia...

Younger people living in metropolitan areas are moving towards more liberal values and ideals. They expect more democracy. Older people living in the heartland of Anatolia, however, are moving in the...

When things are bad for Istanbul, they are often worse for Beyoğlu. That has been the case at different points in the city's history, and certainly for the past decade, where the district has slowly...

Turkish men continue to make life miserable for women - if they don't kill them. A 92-year-old woman was raped and murdered in Aydın, another woman was killed in Denizli and one was heavily beaten on...

There is a new mission in Afghanistan to engage with and normalize the Taliban and push them to be moderate. A Taliban spokesperson told last week that women should stay at home as a ‘temporary...

There probably isn’t a journalist left on earth who hasn’t read John Bolton’s book, 'The Room Where It Happened'. Bolton first mentions Turkish President Erdoğan’s name on page 24. His impression of...

Turkish scientist Betül Kaçar will be leading a team of scientists at the University of Arizona to contribute to NASA's latest initiative to search for life outside of planet Earth. "I will lead one...

There were 180 people working for Olay TV. Now most of them, as always happens with those who want to pursue journalism in Turkey, are afraid for their future. Because on Dec. 25, only 26 days after...

After Turkey’s 1980 coup discrimination against prominent LGBTI+ figures such as Zeki Müren and Bülent Ersoy was rampant. Anti-LGBTI+ sentiment has surfaced most recently with the Boğaziçi Protests....

Renowned Turkish actor Haluk Bilginer received an International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor for his role in Şahsiyet, in which he plays Agah Beyoğlu - a serial killer diagnosed with...

Erdoğan’s removal of his appointed rector to Boğaziçi University after months of protests signals a win for students and academicians, but tougher days are still to come. It is likely Erdoğan will...

Last week there began a witch hunt by media outlets, politicians, and social media users across the political spectrum against journalists, including myself, supposedly receiving ‘foreign funds.’...

Within Turkey, it is not easy for the opposition to get their message across to the public. However, a recent media campaign by the CHP that has been successful is its relentless asking ‘where did...

Meral Akşener’s ascent to the top leadership position of a political party is a story worth telling. She has been successful in creating a new model of the Turkish center-right and a new type of...

The first reflex of Turkey’s current government has been to gag any open and transparent public communication about any crisis the country has faced in recent years. Ensuring that the perception of...

The children of female prisoners in Turkey have been denied milk, eggs and toys for months, a recent report by the Parliamentary Prisoners' Rights Sub-committee revealed. The children in the prison...

Lawyer Ebru Timtik lost her life after a failure of her heart on the 238th day of her death fast. Along with lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, Titmtik was on a hunger strike since February for the right to a fair...

Istanbul prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for Birgün columnist Erk Acarer over a report covering the funeral ceremony of an operative of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT)...

The new social media chatting application Clubhouse has become the talk of the town, quite literally. And something interesting is happening among its Turkish users. In some rooms, those close to the...

Noam Chomsky has said that he finds Boğaziçi University students' “resistance as courageous and honorable.” He also said that as long as the Turkish government continues its discriminative rheotroic,...