Opponents say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan manipulates the courts and the media to tighten his grip on power, and now is ...

By forcing the Istanbul mayor out of politics, the government has crossed the line that separates Turkey’s competitive ...

But over the last decade, his critics say, he has solidified his control by eroding Turkish democracy, stocking the state ...

By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State UniversityIstanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu had expected to become Turkey’s opposition presidential nominee on March 23, 2025; instead, he lost his freedom and college ...

THE historic Syrian-Kurdish deal that promised peace has “already been broken”, a leading expert has warned. Syria announced a new temporary constitution which was unanimously rejected by Kurdish ...

As Ukrainian troops retreat from Russia after their surprise Kursk incursion, public sentiment in Ukraine is divided on ...

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff has rejected fears of a Russian invasion of Europe. In an interview with Tucker Carlson, he ...

Flutter boss Peter Jackson has more than doubled the value of his pay package since moving the gambling giant’s stock market ...

Scientists from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) have made a breakthrough in the treatment of the effects ...

How a cartoon crisis transformed a local debate into a global reckoning over censorship and religious sensitivities – one ...

Israeli artillery and airstrikes hit south Lebanon on Saturday after Israel said it had intercepted rockets fired from across ...

Poland's Prime Minister, along with the Defence and Interior Ministers, visited the Polish-Belarusian border on Saturday ...