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Turkish lawmakers began debating on Tuesday a contentious media bill, proposed by President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party and its nationalist allies, that the opposition and media rights groups say will intensify a years-long crackdown on critical reporting.

A pro-Kurdish party set to play a key role in Turkish elections next year said it is open to talks with other opposition parties on finding a joint candidate who could end President Tayyip Erdogan's two decades in power.

The Istanbul head of Turkey's main opposition party, who cannot run in next year's elections but can still play a key role in rallying voters in the nation's biggest city, denied a new charge of insulting the president on Monday.

Between stalling Sweden and Finland’s bids for NATO membership and threatening a fresh military offensive against Kurds in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems to be capitalising on the world’s focus on Ukraine to strengthen Ankara’s geopolitical standing – even at the expense of NATO and Western partners.…

As AK Party-run cities and districts cancel events, critics say the gov’t is waging a ‘culture war’ ahead of elections.

Ekrem İmamoğlu appears well placed to take on the Turkish president, but an impending court case could end his career

Fears of pre-election crackdown in Turkey as appeals court confirms charges against Canan Kaftancıoğlu of CHP

Istanbul court handed an aggravated life sentence to Osman Kavala and 18-year sentences to seven others

Erdoğan’s quixotic policies are putting pressure on prices, but now fallout from Ukraine is pushing the country towards crisis

Turk, accused of embezzlement, was once in Turkey’s elite, but now lives in London due to association with Gülen movement

Turkey's parliament on Thursday passed a law lowering the minimum required votes for a party to enter parliament to 7% from 10%, in a move could reduce the likelihood of early elections this year.