Their detention, which coincided with the Eid public holiday marking the end of Ramadan, amounted to "psychological torture," ...

In 1998, while still mayor of Istanbul, Erdogan was arrested on charges of inciting racial hatred and spent four months in ...

Events in Turkey show how leaders can weaken secularism, concentrate power and criminalise the opposition within a political ...

Youth activist Enes Hocaoğulları is preparing for the possibility of arrest upon his return to Turkey, following his speech ...

Here's something that Erdogan must bear in mind: the downfall of his arch-rival, Bashar Al Assad of Syria, began with his ...

Germany's Goethe-Institut has an office at the heart of Istanbul's political action, but also around the world. How is the ...

The ongoing protests in Turkey caused by the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu continue to gain momentum. The ...

Accusations against Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, detained in Turkey for alleged "terrorism", are "false," his wife, Sofie ...

As hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Istanbul on Saturday to demand İmamoglu’s release, President Erdoğan, the ...

Something unexpected is happening in Turkey. A centrist party, which has been shifting ever further to the right over the ...

Eid al-Fitr, the festival that marks the end of a month of fasting, is typically celebrated over two to three days. It is a ...