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Mayor’s Resignation Deals Fresh Blow to Turkey’s Fragmented Opposition

29. September 2026 um 11:47
Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavas’ resignation from the Republican People’s Party has worsened the embattled opposition’s plight ahead of the next elections – potentially benefitting Turkey’s authoritarian president.

Turkey Arrests Fund Managers Over Stock Market Manipulation Scandal

18. September 2026 um 11:26
Authorities arrest fund managers suspected of manipulating markets and liquidate 130 troubled investment funds as turmoil roils country's financial industry.

Turkey Blocks Social Media Accounts, Arrests 80, as LGBT Crackdown Expands

17. September 2026 um 11:26
Clampdown on LGBTQ+ groups broadens in scope with mass arrests and sweeping internet restrictions also targeting journalists, media outlets and civil society groups.

Turkey Stages Wide-Ranging LGBT Crackdown for ‘Family Safety’

16. September 2026 um 14:06
Raids, arrests and internet restrictions imposed to ‘protect the family’ have persecuted LGBTQ+ groups while also hitting independent journalists and human rights organisations reporting on the police operation.

Turkey Rounds Up 2,447 People in Operation Targeting Crime Gangs

14. September 2026 um 11:01
Authorities launched a wide-ranging crackdown on crime under the slogan 'The Streets are Safe', timed to coincide with the beginning of the school year.

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  • Week in Review: Tests and Pressures
    Historical narratives, political systems, institutions and economies across the region are being put to the test as old problems collide with new pressures, our selection of Balkan Insight’s Premium stories this week shows.
     
  • ✇Balkan Insight
  • Week in Review: Tests and Pressures
    Historical narratives, political systems, institutions and economies across the region are being put to the test as old problems collide with new pressures, our selection of Balkan Insight’s Premium stories this week shows.
     
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  • Week in Review: Tests and Pressures
    Historical narratives, political systems, institutions and economies across the region are being put to the test as old problems collide with new pressures, our selection of Balkan Insight’s Premium stories this week shows.
     

Turkey’s Ruling Party Seizes Back Control of Important Mayoralty

08. September 2026 um 14:47
President Erdogan's ruling party takes back control of Istanbul’s Uskudar municipality – a key district that it lost to the opposition in the 2024 local elections.

Falling Profits Cloud Horizons for Turkey’s Booming Tourist Industry

08. September 2026 um 06:57
Turkey continues to attract millions of tourists, but falling shrinking profit margins reveal an industry under pressure despite the healthy numbers.

  • ✇Serbia | Balkan Insight
  • Week in Review: Ghosts and Guns
    The death of the convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic is stirring old ghosts across the Balkans. Our selection of Balkan Insight’s Premium stories examines how the legacies of the past and choices of the present are shaping politics, security and society across the region.
     
  • ✇Balkan Insight
  • Week in Review: Ghosts and Guns
    The death of the convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic is stirring old ghosts across the Balkans. Our selection of Balkan Insight’s Premium stories examines how the legacies of the past and choices of the present are shaping politics, security and society across the region.
     

Turkish Crackdown on Religious Groups ‘Part of a Dangerous Transformation’

27. August 2026 um 07:07
Turkish authorities are going after the powerful Suleymancilar Islamic organisation and other autonomous centres of influence as President Erdogan pursues a transformation to a political system not dissimilar to Russia’s, political analyst Salim Cevik tells BIRN.

European Court Orders Turkey to Release Osman Kavala Immediately, Again

25. August 2026 um 14:07
The European Court of Human Rights’ Grand Chamber has ordered Turkey to release Osman Kavala and eliminate the consequences of his conviction after finding multiple violations of his Convention rights.

Turkey Targets Major Religious Group With Organised Crime Charges

13. August 2026 um 10:40
Authorities detain leader and members of one of Turkey’s largest religious groups, known as the Suleymancilar, as part of a probe into alleged organised crime and money-laundering.

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