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Turkey detains 237 people over alleged Gülen links

Turkish authorities have detained 237 individuals over the past two weeks in operations across 42 provinces targeting people accused of links to the faith-based...

Kılıçdaroğlu adopts gov’t narrative, says CHP investigations are corruption probes, not political

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the court-reinstated leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has adopted the government’s narrative on criminal cases targeting the party,...

Erdoğan says Turkey preparing legal framework to speed PKK’s laying down of arms

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday that his government is preparing a legal framework to accelerate the process of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...

Former CHP lawmaker joins Erdoğan’s party as opposition faces turmoil, municipal probes

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pinned the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) badge on İstanbul lawmaker Nimet Özdemir, who recently resigned from...

ISIL suspect killed in raid ahead of NATO summit in Ankara

Police killed a man suspected of ties to Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants during a raid in a district near...

Turkey arrests 2 more mayors as probes into CHP-run municipalities continue

Two district mayors from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) — Ali Ercan Akpolat of İstanbul’s Adalar district and Mustafa Turgut of Silifke...

Fugitive accused in $3.7 bn Medicare fraud scheme returned to US after capture in Turkey, FBI says

Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi, a fugitive accused of involvement in an alleged $3.7 billion fraud scheme targeting Medicare, the US government health insurance program, has...

Far-right leader attacks EU report calling for sanctions on Turkish officials, action on Grey Wolves

Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on Tuesday criticized a recent European Parliament report on Turkey that called on the European...

Turkey seizes 6 companies, appoints trustees to 10 in fuel sector tax probe

Turkish Justice Minister Akın Gürlek announced Tuesday that six companies have been seized and trustees have been appointed to 10 others as part of...

ECtHR faults Turkey for prolonged detention of businessman jailed over Gülen links

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey had violated the right to liberty of jailed businessman and philanthropist Cafer...

Turkey detains over 200 before NATO summit

Turkish police on Tuesday detained more than 200 people suspected of links to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and outlawed...

Controversial LGBT, social media measures left out of AKP judicial bill

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has submitted a narrower version of its long-debated 12th judicial package to parliament, leaving out several controversial...

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