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The arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu brought rare unity among Turkey’s opposition — energy his party hopes will help it build an anti-Erdogan coalition.
The Financial Times on April 16 published an op-ed headlined “Why Turkey’s democratic future matters for the world”, written ...
The bank decided to hike the rates after three straight cuts amid the economic turmoil triggered by the arrest of Istanbul ...
By forcing the Istanbul mayor out of politics, the government has crossed the line that separates Turkey’s competitive ...
Umit Bektas/Reuters Supported by By Ben Hubbard Reporting from Istanbul Turkey has been plunged into a political crisis after the authorities arrested Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and the ...
The Istanbul mayor’s lawyers appealed his arrest last week, saying that there was no flight risk for the main opposition ...
Turkey’s central bank surprised markets on Thursday when it raised its key interest rate, the one-week repurchase rate, from ...
The head of the Council of Europe, the continent's leading human rights watchdog, told Reuters it was worried about any ...
The news blackout was the latest example of the stranglehold that Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has over the ...
A Turkish public prosecutor is seeking three-year jail terms for seven journalists arrested while covering protests against ...
The protests began after the government arrested Imamoglu, the man seen as posing the most serious electoral challenge to ...
Turkey’s bid to host COP31 faces challenges due to balancing carbon interests, diplomatic relations, and domestic political issues.