Facebook parent company Meta has been fined a “substantial” amount for not complying with orders from Turkish authorities to limit content, a spokesperson told POLITICO.
Europe Turns a Blind Eye to Erdogan’s Crackdown Because It Needs Turkey
Facing a Russian threat and a rift with Washington, European capitals can’t afford to alienate a powerful ally.
Turkey is falling into authoritarianism
The arrest and recent imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu sent shock waves through Turkey, marking a decisive shift toward full autocracy. On March 19, police officers — acting on …
In Turkey’s Kurdish heartland, distrust erodes peace process hopes
Turkey’s crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year conflict with Kurdish militants are stoking distrust among Kurds anxious to see what a fragile peace process may bring.
Victims of Turkey’s Kurdish militant conflict long for peace
Cihan Sincar clings to hope that Turkey’s bid to end a decades-old Kurdish insurgency brings the peace her lawmaker husband sought before his assassination – one of hundreds of political killings at the height of the conflict.
The Unlikely Resistance in Turkey
Unions in Turkey face the same neoliberal pressures as others throughout the world and have lost much of the momentum that they had before the 1990s. They deliver little to their membership, let alone …
‘Justice will be served’: Hundreds of thousands protest in Turkey over jailing of Erdogan rival
Hundreds of thousands of Turks protested in Istanbul on Saturday against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival.
Turkey Trouble: Hyannis mailman recalls run-in with bold birds
In Turkey, new technologies reinforce repression
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 …
Foreign investors wary of Turkey despite $25bn lira intervention
Traders fear Erdoğan could fire central bank governor and finance minister who have helped stabilise country’s markets …