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HDP operation: which MPs have been arrested?
Live spreadsheet listing the status of MPs from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) following Friday morning's wave of arrests
‘Tayyip Erdoğan is finished’
A newspaper headline about the future Turkish president that got it so, so wrong
Warrants, arrests for Cumhuriyet’s editor and board
Turkey's most consistent opposition newspaper appears to be on the verge of being seized
Turkey centralises 28 mostly Kurdish local authorities
An interactive map of the councils seized by Turkish authorities under state of emergency powers
An interior minister bows out
Efkan Ala's departure illustrates the direction in which power flows within Turkey's cabinet
Gone: Hakkari and Şırnak
Turkey’s government is planning a wholesale reorganisation of the two provinces in the country’s far southeast, according to proposals laid before parliament
A step back from the death penalty
Tentatively, cautiously, we can say that Turkey is dropping talk of reinstating capital punishment
Turkey’s stubborn isolation
Those hoping the Bundestag’s decision will knock some sense into Turkish attitudes are hopelessly naïve
What is the news like on Turkish TV?
The state of Turkey's newspapers receives extensive attention abroad, but little is known about the television news bulletins watched by tens of millions each night
PKK, TAK and the sea of confusion
Like any war, Turkey’s conflict with the PKK has nuances that are not straightforward to unpack