Turkey
Two journalists detained as Turkey’s crackdown on opposition continues
Mar 28, 2025
TURKEY’S crackdown on the opposition continued today as two journalists were detained in dawn raids in Istanbul.
Elif Bayburt, who works for the...
NATO chief urges EU leaders to strengthen ties with Türkiye
Mar 12, 2025
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, in informal discussions, urged European Union leaders to strengthen ties with Türkiye, which is also a member...
Türkiye backs Ukraine’s NATO bid
Deb 27 2025
Türkiye does not oppose Ukraine joining NATO, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said in an interview with Bloomberg Television.
“But we have to...
EU faces billion-euro dilemma over Turkey crisis
Ankara is too important an ally to alienate, no matter what happens on the streets of Istanbul, politicians and officials tell POLITICO.
By Gabriel Gavin,...
I’ve never seen such clampdowns in Istanbul. Turkey’s democracy is fighting...
The jailing of President Erdoğan’s main political rival is the low point of a decade-long march towards autocracy – but the protesters aren’t done...
Protests erupt in Türkiye following Erdoğan’s jailing of rival
By Cemile Cakir
Mar 27, 2025
March 23. Since the evening of March 19, millions of people in the major cities of Türkiye — Istanbul, Ankara,...
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.
By Eliza Gkritsi
Mar 22, 2025
Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging...
Syria’s nightmare: the view from the country’s communists
By Ben Chacko
Mar. 22, 2025
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) swept to power in Syria surprisingly quickly following a civil war of well over a decade....
Un député turc dénonce l’hypocrisie d’Erdogan
Un député turc dénonce l'hypocrisie d'Erdogan :
• Les pilotes qui bombardent Gaza et la Palestine ont été formés à Konya (Turquie) .
• Le carburant...
A coup in Cyprus (how to destroy a state and make...
“The Turkish Cypriots must support the Greek Cypriots' struggle for liberation from British imperialism. Only when the British imperialists leave the island will...