Detained pastor case casting large shadow over Turkish-US ties

Complex criminal cases with political overtones makes the case of the American pastor Andrew Brunson more difficult to resolve than it might have been otherwise.

Turkey

Turkish woman jailed for insulting Ataturk

Conservative supporters of Turkey's authoritarian president have been uncharacteristically quiet on the arrest of a young woman for insulting Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, whose legacy the ruling party has lately been trying to appropriate.

Turkey

Turkey poised to replace emergency law with doppelganger

Call it what you will, Turkey's restrictive new "anti-terror package" looks suspiciously like the state of emergency the president imposed for the past two years.

Turkey

How Turkish exporters plan to avoid impact of US trade wars

Turkish businesspeople have outlined an investment plan to duck US tariffs and increase sales to the world’s largest consumer market.

Turkey

Kurds discouraged by hard-liners in Turkey's new Cabinet

Turkey's new government looks too much like the old one to offer Kurds much hope for a peaceful political resolution.

Turkey

Turkey ends state of emergency, but introduces restrictive new rules

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government finally allowed a two-year state of emergency to expire on Thursday, but opposition parties and rights groups say the new measures introduced to replace it are no different.

Turkey

Is Turkey’s state of emergency really over?

A tough security bill drafted up by Turkey’s ruling party looms as a replacement for the two-year state of emergency that ended July 19.

Turkey

Turkey’s one-man regime denied confidence vote by markets

The downturn in the Turkish economy looms as a major challenge for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as economic actors show little confidence in his new and sweeping powers and his selection of his son-in-law to manage the economy.

Turkey

Erdogan wants more from Trump before Turkey will free pastor

Though the US president's friendliness toward Turkey's president in Brussels raised hopes for the release of an American pastor charged with espionage, a Turkish court denied an appeal to free Andrew Brunson today.

Turkey

Hopes soar for US pastor's release as Trump fist-bumps Erdogan

The odds look better than ever that American pastor Andrew Brunson will finally be freed from a Turkish prison after President Donald Trump made friendly gestures toward President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Brussels, but there are no guarantees that Brunson will walk free.

Turkey

Turkey wary of US-Russia deal on Syria

Ankara is increasingly concerned that Washington is working with Moscow to secure an accord for northern Syria between the Bashar al-Assad regime and the Kurds.

Syria

Erdogan makes major security changes as he starts new term

Turkey is redesigning its security structure to be compatible with the newly established executive presidency, but some questions have yet to be answered.

Turkey