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Despite domestic challenges and conflicts in the region, the Turkish economy grew over the country's 100 years as a republic, with a shift from...

From its founding origins as a secular republic to army coups, footballing success and the rise of Erdoğan, we look at 100 years of Turkey since 1923

Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that the imprisonment of newly elected opposition lawmaker Can Atalay violated his rights to security, liberty and the right to be elected. Atalay, 47, was sentenced to 18 years in prison in April 2022 after being convicted of trying to overthrow the government by organising the nationwide Gezi Park protests in 2013 along with Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala and six others. All defendants denied the charges regarding the protests, which they said developed spontaneously, and which marked the biggest popular challenge to President Tayy...

Responding to a decision from the Turkish Constitutional Court which ruled today that the continued detention of Can Atalay, who was elected to the Turkish parliament in May, is a violation of his rights, Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International’s Research Director in Europe, the Balkans and Türkiye said: “Can Atalay should never have been imprisoned so today’s decision is very welcome, despite being long overdue. It also provides a resounding confirmation of what we long knew – that his

Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that the imprisonment of newly elected opposition lawmaker Can Atalay violated his rights to security, liberty and the right to be elected.... -October 25, 2023 at 09:07 am EDT - MarketScreener