Tag: April 16 referendum

The Dutch parliament has angered Turkey by voting overwhelmingly to recognise the massacre of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by…

Talk of Turkey joining the European Union is “hypocrisy”, according to French President Emmanuel Macron, because of human rights concerns….

  Turkey’s largest opposition party is holding a protest march 400km from Ankara to Istanbul after an MP was jailed…

Tensions have resurfaced between Turkey and Israel, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticising the “racist and discriminatory” treatment of Palestinians,…

Turkey says it has issued detention orders for 3,224 people and arrested 1,009 citizens suspected of having links to US-based…

Legislators representing Europe’s top human rights body have voted in favour of reopening monitoring procedures in Turkey amid rising concerns…

Fears that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unfairly influenced Turkey’s referendum in his favour have been heightened by criticism from an…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared a narrow victory in the divisive referendum that will grant him sweeping new…

Turkey’s judiciary is preparing for large-scale trials of hundreds of people accused of participating in the botched July 15 coup…

On April 16 Turkey decides if it wants to be governed by an executive presidency with significantly increased powers. President…

  Men in the Netherlands are sharing pictures of themselves holding hands on social media in solidarity with a same-sex…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s critics were more vocal before last year’s botched coup. In April 16, Turkey is due to…

Kurdish Newroz celebrations often carry a political message. Kurdish spring celebrations have merged into peaceful protests against the referendum to…