Menschen aus der türkischen Elite bereichern sich über Jahre an künstlich hochgetriebenen Aktienfonds. Dann platzt die Blase, Hunderttausende verlieren ihr Geld. Die Verdächtigen kommen aus dem Umfeld des Präsidenten.
Menschen aus der türkischen Elite bereichern sich über Jahre an künstlich hochgetriebenen Aktienfonds. Dann platzt die Blase, Hunderttausende verlieren ihr Geld. Die Verdächtigen kommen aus dem Umfeld des Präsidenten.
Cemil Tugay joins ruling AKP after vowing he would never switch sides in boost for Turkish presidentThe mayor of Izmir, Turkey’s third city and an opposition stronghold, has defected to the ruling AKP in a move hailed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turkish president.Turkey’s opposition is battling an increasingly intense crackdown, with a barrage of what observers say are politically motivated arrests and lawsuits targeting its mayors and elected officials. Continue reading...
Cemil Tugay joins ruling AKP after vowing he would never switch sides in boost for Turkish president
The mayor of Izmir, Turkey’s third city and an opposition stronghold, has defected to the ruling AKP in a move hailed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turkish president.
Turkey’s opposition is battling an increasingly intense crackdown, with a barrage of what observers say are politically motivated arrests and lawsuits targeting its mayors and elected officials.
Pro-government media say the resignation of one key figure over a stock market scandal shows the rule of law works impartially in Turkey. Courts’ treatment of opposition leaders suggests otherwise.
Pro-government media say the resignation of one key figure over a stock market scandal shows the rule of law works impartially in Turkey. Courts’ treatment of opposition leaders suggests otherwise.
Hundreds of websites and social media accounts have been blocked in Turkey as a crackdown on LGBTQ+ groups spreads to independent media – and even to posts about a stock market scandal.
Hundreds of websites and social media accounts have been blocked in Turkey as a crackdown on LGBTQ+ groups spreads to independent media – and even to posts about a stock market scandal.
Prosecutors seek to freeze all assets of former minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya and her husband, as probe widens into into alleged wrongdoing in capital markets.
Prosecutors seek to freeze all assets of former minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya and her husband, as probe widens into into alleged wrongdoing in capital markets.
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.
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.
Erstmals empfängt Erdoğan einen deutschen Ministerpräsidenten: Hendrik Wüst profiliert sich in Ankara als Außenpolitiker. Geht es da um die Nachfolge von Kanzler Merz oder die Wähler in Nordrhein-Westfalen?
Erstmals empfängt Erdoğan einen deutschen Ministerpräsidenten: Hendrik Wüst profiliert sich in Ankara als Außenpolitiker. Geht es da um die Nachfolge von Kanzler Merz oder die Wähler in Nordrhein-Westfalen?
Es solle um die engen Beziehungen zwischen Nordrhein-Westfalen und der Türkei gehen. Der Empfang eines regionalen Regierungschefs von einem Staatspräsidenten ist ungewöhnlich.
Es solle um die engen Beziehungen zwischen Nordrhein-Westfalen und der Türkei gehen. Der Empfang eines regionalen Regierungschefs von einem Staatspräsidenten ist ungewöhnlich.
Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’ Turkish authorities have used accusations of obscenity to justify a wave of raids and arrests targeting the LGBTQ+ community, which has grown to include journalists as well as more than 150 arrested during protests against the raids.Starting in the early hours of Sunday, Turkish police carried out simultaneous raids on the offices of LGBTQ+ rights organisations and HIV-advocacy g
Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’
Turkish authorities have used accusations of obscenity to justify a wave of raids and arrests targeting the LGBTQ+ community, which has grown to include journalists as well as more than 150 arrested during protests against the raids.
Starting in the early hours of Sunday, Turkish police carried out simultaneous raids on the offices of LGBTQ+ rights organisations and HIV-advocacy groups in the cities of Istanbul, the capital, Ankara, and the coastal city of İzmir, as well as the cities of Aydın and Mersin.
İmamoğlu gilt als größter politischer Gegner des türkischen Präsidenten. Im März 2025 wurde der Bürgermeister von Istanbul festgenommen. Nun gibt es ein umstrittenes Urteil.
İmamoğlu gilt als größter politischer Gegner des türkischen Präsidenten. Im März 2025 wurde der Bürgermeister von Istanbul festgenommen. Nun gibt es ein umstrittenes Urteil.
Ein Istanbuler Bezirk wählt eine Bürgermeisterin von der Opposition, trotzdem regiert dort nun ein Mann von Erdoğans AKP. Der Fall zeigt, mit welchen Mitteln der geschwächte Präsident um die Macht kämpft.
Ein Istanbuler Bezirk wählt eine Bürgermeisterin von der Opposition, trotzdem regiert dort nun ein Mann von Erdoğans AKP. Der Fall zeigt, mit welchen Mitteln der geschwächte Präsident um die Macht kämpft.
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.
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.
In der Türkei haben so viele immer wieder von einem Land ohne Erdoğan geträumt und mussten doch zusehen, wie die Demokratie bis zur Unkenntlichkeit verblasste. Jetzt ist da eine neue Oppositionspartei. Und wieder hoffen sie.
In der Türkei haben so viele immer wieder von einem Land ohne Erdoğan geträumt und mussten doch zusehen, wie die Demokratie bis zur Unkenntlichkeit verblasste. Jetzt ist da eine neue Oppositionspartei. Und wieder hoffen sie.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bereits zum dritten Mal verurteilt der Europäische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte die Türkei wegen des Umgangs mit dem inhaftierten Aktivisten. Die fehlende Unabhängigkeit der Justiz im Land sei „systemisch“.
Bereits zum dritten Mal verurteilt der Europäische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte die Türkei wegen des Umgangs mit dem inhaftierten Aktivisten. Die fehlende Unabhängigkeit der Justiz im Land sei „systemisch“.
Nearly a decade after I watched him defy Erdoğan at great personal cost, the ex-NBA player is using his hard-won freedom to turn transgender people into a punchlineNine years ago, I watched Enes Kanter ask America to take him in. It was May 2017, inside the National Basketball Players Association’s offices in midtown Manhattan. Kanter had just returned from a frightening detention at Bucharest airport, where Romanian border police told him Turkey had canceled his passport. He’d just turned 25, a
Nearly a decade after I watched him defy Erdoğan at great personal cost, the ex-NBA player is using his hard-won freedom to turn transgender people into a punchline
Nine years ago, I watched Enes Kanter ask America to take him in. It was May 2017, inside the National Basketball Players Association’s offices in midtown Manhattan. Kanter had just returned from a frightening detention at Bucharest airport, where Romanian border police told him Turkey had canceled his passport. He’d just turned 25, an NBA center with a green card and no country he could safely call home.
“I’m open for adoption,” he joked from the head of a table in a nondescript conference room, addressing a dozen reporters hastily summoned by his manager. Then he turned serious: “My next move is to just become an American citizen.”
As the Turkish authorities take steps to end the four-decade-long conflict with the Kurdish militant group PKK, people who fled their villages are revisiting their abandoned homes – but rebuilding normal life there will be a major challenge.
As the Turkish authorities take steps to end the four-decade-long conflict with the Kurdish militant group PKK, people who fled their villages are revisiting their abandoned homes – but rebuilding normal life there will be a major challenge.
Big changes are afoot amid the heat of the summer holiday season. Our selection of Balkan Insight’s Premium stories takes a deep dive into the motives and agendas driving these changes.
Big changes are afoot amid the heat of the summer holiday season. Our selection of Balkan Insight’s Premium stories takes a deep dive into the motives and agendas driving these changes.