In a staggering display of autocratic overreach on foreign soil, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used a state visit to Germany…
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The Turkish government’s relentless campaign to crush dissent has officially entered a new, sweeping phase, with the İstanbul Chief Public…
In Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Turkey, even the notes of a piano can be deemed an act of rebellion. The arrest…
Having successfully suffocated most of its domestic independent media, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government is now systematically exporting its war on…
In the wake of the failed 2016 coup, a palpable sense of fear has enveloped President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s administration.…
A harrowing scene captured on video in Manisa has exposed the grim reality festering within Turkey’s detention centers, confirming the…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent declaration that the Topçu Barracks “will be built” in Gezi Park is far more than…
In a staggering display of the Turkish state’s assault on free expression, a 62-year-old woman has been sentenced to nearly…
“In Turkey, journalists now spend more time in courtrooms than in newsrooms.” A Western diplomat’s bitter observation, shared in confidence,…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s notorious intolerance for dissent was brazenly exported to the streets of the American capital, as his…