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Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (?KSV) has introduced an award to support outstanding translations of literary works, including but not limited to poetry, short stories and novels, in honor of Turkey?s first minister of culture.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg ruled on Oct. 15 that Switzerland violated Turkish politician Do?u Perinçek?s right to freedom of speech.

The case concerned a fine imposed on Perinçek for a speech he gave in the country in which he denied that the mass deportation of Armenians in Anatolia in 1915 amounted to genocide.

A police officer has been killed after a weapon on an armored vehicle discharged accidentally in Turkey?s southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, in the wake of an outbreak of violence across the country, including a recent bomb attack in the Turkish capital that killed dozens and wounded hundreds of others.

Justice and Development Party (AKP) Istanbul deputy Abdülrahim Boynukal?n, who was among the group of around 200 assailants who stormed daily Hürriyet?s building in Istanbul late Sept. 6, has vowed to stage ?protests? outside buildings of media outlets if they continue to ?whitewash violence with biased news reports.?

In the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire launched extensive modernization projects to transform Istanbul into a European metropolis. Some of these designs were realized and some never saw the light of day.

A foreigner detained by the Thailand police in connection with the deadly Bangkok bombing is not a Turkish citizen, according to the Turkish Embassy in Bangkok.

The unidentified foreigner, who is being held in military custody at an undisclosed location, was captured during an Aug. 29 morning raid on a flat on the eastern outskirts of Bangkok.

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Council has decided to allocate the area of the controversial palace to the presidency, just two months after allocating the area to the prime ministry, while the Ankara Chamber of Architect said it will appeal the decision.

I remembered the letter the moment I heard the news about the death of Turkey?s ninth president, Süleyman Demirel. I called the founder of the Do?an Media Group, Ayd?n Do?an, the other day and told him, ?Mr. Do?an, you should publish that letter on the day the state funeral ceremony is held.? I continued, ?You should publish it or you should let me publish it.?

An imprisoned man has endured two days of Kafkaesque adversity to attend the funeral of his father at an Alevi worshipping house in the western province of Bal?kesir. The procedural struggle occurred because cemevis are not officially recognized in Turkish law as places of worship. 

Even if we hold the most beautiful elections in the whole world, even if we achieve the best democracy; and even if we receive a magnificent outcome that makes everybody happy, I am still in a different place at the polling station. 

The reason is that when we look at these photographs, all of us are getting smaller, we are shrinking. We are trapped in a bottleneck?