Coffee shops and palm trees now line the infamous ‘Chop Chop Square’ where public executions took place. But behind prison walls, Saudi Arabia is putting more people …

To Western tourists, the easy-going atmosphere might seem convincing evidence that the bad old days when Saudi Arabia was ...

‘Like Kafka by way of Pedro Almodóvar’: 10 debut novels to look out for in 2026

A Pulitzer finalist is among the first-time novelists, in tales of love, a surreal prison, teen murder and a tradwife ...
Malay Mail

‘We hold onto one another and keep fighting’: Wife of jailed Istanbul mayor on family, faith and democracy

Turkish democracy has taken a heavy beating since the jailing of Istanbul’s popular Opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, his wife ...
TheHour

Turkey detains dozens of IS suspects planning attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations

Istanbul police have launched simultaneous raids at 124 locations, detaining over a hundred suspected members of the Islamic State group. The raids took place on Thursday. Authorities say the ...
Human Rights WatchOpinion

Many Uyghurs Found Asylum in Turkey, but Are Now Seeing That Safety Threatened

Since late 2016, Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in northwestern China have been victims of crimes against humanity ...
IFEX

Turkey: Folk singer Pınar Aydınlar sentenced to over 6 years in prison on “terrorism” charges

"I was pinned to the floor by armed law enforcement officers in the house where I was staying with my children, and a gun was held to my head. My daughter was forced to undress in front of the cameras ...
Times Union

Istanbul's jailed opposition mayor greeted with cheers as he enters a prison courtroom

ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul's jailed Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu appeared in a prison courtroom Friday over claims he had fraudulently obtained his university diploma, the first hearing in the case of the ...
Houston Chronicle

Istanbul's opposition mayor cheered as he enters prison courtroom for diploma case

ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu appeared in a prison courtroom Friday over claims he fraudulently obtained his university diploma, marking the first hearing in a case that triggered ...