Turkey and Thailand held two huge elections this week, both with uncertain outcomes. Each shows some of the benefits that elections can hold for leaders who have amassed power with the tools of the ...

The pioneering music legend modernised folk songs to appeal to a new generation of Turks and was a cultural ambassador for Turkey on the world stage. January 31 was the commemoration of the 22nd death ...

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Over the past decade, I, along with millions of my compatriots, watched an illiberal populist leader commandeer every lever of power in my country of origin, Turkey, by systematically dismantling ...

Since the failed coup in Turkey, constraints on freedom of expression are increasingly restricting cultural projects, from theaters to contemporary art. DW looks at how some artists are fighting back.

Voters worldwide have been making some alarming decisions lately, but none have gone so far as to vote democracy itself out of existence. On Sunday, Turkey seems to have done just that. Democracies ...

Q. Turkey has had a number of coups since 1960. What makes this latest one stand out from the others? A. There have been two direct military takeovers of the government, in 1960 and 1980, and two ...

Kardeş Türküler, a music band that covers songs from Anatolia, Thrace and Mesapotamia in their original language, released a video to support a corridor to Kobane. Kardeş Türküler, a music band that ...

When Prime Minister Erdogan called the protesters çapulcular (pronounced cha-pul-ju-lar), he wasn't paying them a compliment. The term translates roughly to "looters" , "marauders" or "bums" . "For ...