[UPDATE] Independent deputy handcuffs herself to lectern in Parliament protest
Independent deputy Aylin Nazlıaka, who was expelled from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) in 2016, handcuffed herself to the lectern in Parliament...
Turkey bans blogs by US-based Turkish journalist
In yet another move by Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) government to silence dissident voices in the media, access to two personal blogs...
Turkish army: 3 soldiers killed in ISIL attack in northern Syria
A statement from the Turkish military said on Tuesday that threeTurkish soldiers were killed and five others were wounded after the Islamic State in...
Prosecutor asks HDP co-chair to testify over terrorism accusations
The Diyarbakır Public Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday invited pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairman Selahattin Demirtaş to visit the Diyarbakır Courthouse to give testimony...
Turkish ministry prevents DW from airing interview with minister, seizes footage
In a move that is likely to cast fresh doubt on the situation of freedom of the press in Turkey, Turkey's Youth and Sports...
AKP delegation travels to US for talks on Gülen extradition
A delegation from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government travelled to the US on Tuesday to discuss the extradition of Turkish Islamic...
New twist in Dink murder case with recently discovered video footage
Footage broadcast by a pro-government TV channel appears to show that six former gendarmerie intelligence officers who are currently on trial over links to...
Int’l organizations condemn crackdown on media in Turkey
International civil society organizations have condemned the Turkish government for abusing an ongoing state of emergency in the country to suppress freedom of expression...
Veteran journalist Lale Kemal faces risk of dying in prison
Ümit Kardaş, a lawyer representing journalist Lale Kemal, who was jailed as part of an ongoing witch-hunt against the Gülen movement, has said his...
Police panzer crushes elderly woman to death in Tunceli
A police panzer in the eastern province of Tunceli crushed a 72-year-old woman to death on Tuesday morning.The woman, identified as Naciye Özdemir, was...
Germany to make sizeable investment at İncirlik base
Despite a row between Berlin and Ankara over a proposed visit by lawmakers from the Bundestag to German troops at Turkey’s İncirlik Air Base,...
CHP report says leftists, Kemalists suspended from posts for being Gülenists
A report prepared by Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Veli Ağbaba has revealed that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, which launched...