Germany's Goethe-Institut has an office at the heart of Istanbul's political action, but also around the world. How is the ...

In 1998, while still mayor of Istanbul, Erdogan was arrested on charges of inciting racial hatred and spent four months in ...

A surreal scene in Istanbul turns a political protest into an internet sensation. One unexpected figure dressed in yellow ...

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Here's something that Erdogan must bear in mind: the downfall of his arch-rival, Bashar Al Assad of Syria, began with his ...

A new wave of popular protest is gathering strength in Turkey, where President Erdoğan is showing increasing signs of ...

Turkey’s main opposition party has long been a centrist and unradical force. But the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu ...

A Swedish journalist, who was detained on his arrival in Turkey to cover protests over the jailing of Istanbul's mayor, has been arrested on terror-related charges and for 'insulting the president,' ...

With anti-government protests sweeping across Turkey, the authorities have used all technological means to try to curb them, from restricting Internet access to using facial recognition to identify ...

Waving flags and chanting slogans, many hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators on Saturday rallied in Istanbul, Turkey, in defence of democracy after the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem ...

James Tressler, a former Lost Coast resident and journalist, is a writer and teacher living in Ankara.