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Turkey removes 4 more Kurdish mayors: report

Turkey removed four more mayors on Wednesday as part of a widening government crackdown on the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), bringing to 20 the number...

Turkey says Germany, Netherlands agree to take back ISIL militants

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Wednesday that Germany and the Netherlands had agreed to take back German and Dutch Islamic State in Iraq and...

Turkey’s largest state-owned bank records 39 percent profit drop in Q3: report

Ziraat Bank, Turkey’s largest state-owned lender, said net income in the third quarter dropped by 39 percent year-on-year, the Ahval news website reported on Wednesday. Profit declined...

US senators enlist NBA’s Kanter to push bill condemning rights abuse in Turkey

Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter, a vocal critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, teamed up with two Democratic US senators on Tuesday as they introduced...

Top court issues landmark ruling in case of person imprisoned over Gülen links

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has issued a landmark decision in the case of a person who was sentenced to prison due to alleged links to...

Int’l organizations shocked by Altan’s re-arrest, call for his release

Several international organizations have expressed outrage over the Tuesday re-arrest of well-known Turkish journalist and writer Ahmet Altan, 69, one week after his release from prison. Altan’s...

House members urge Trump to rescind invitation to Erdoğan

US Representative Eliot L. Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Monday led House members in pressing President Donald Trump to rescind his invitation to...

Turkey revokes security detail assigned to prominent opposition figure

The Turkish government has revoked a protective detail it previously assigned to Canan Kaftancıoğlu, a prominent member of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) who was...

[UPDATE] Turkey re-arrests journalist Altan one week after release from jail

Renowned Turkish journalist and writer Ahmet Altan was sent to jail on Tuesday evening one week after he was released from prison where he remained for...

Turkey gives 2,327 defendants life sentences in 2016 coup-related trials

Turkish courts have thus far concluded 270 trials related to a 2016 coup attempt, handing down 3,838 defendants lengthy prison sentences, including 2,327 life sentences, according...

Erdoğan says will tell Trump US failed to fulfill Syria deal: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday he would tell President Donald Trump that the United States has not fulfilled its agreement last month to...

Turkey needs EU economically, German lawmaker says in response to Erdoğan’s ISIL threat

German deputy Norbert Röttgen on Tuesday said Turkey is in need of Europe’s support to sustain its economy, in an apparent reaction to President Recep Tayyip...

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