Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into individuals promoting economic boycotts on social and traditional media, following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

Istanbul’s public prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into recent opposition calls for a boycott of pro-government businesses following the arrest of the city’s mayor

For a brief moment, Turkey might have feared that the protests, ongoing for almost two weeks now, would impact the tourism industry. Nothing could be further from the truth. Travellers continue to visit Turkish cities,

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 Turkish opposition on Sunday worked to keep up the momentum of the protest movement triggered by the Istanbul mayor's arrest by pushing for early elections as well as his

At its founding in 1923, the Republic of Turkey was established as a secular state under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Secularism was seen as essential to modern development, as it decoupled state power structures from religious authorities.