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Journalist becomes first person in Turkey indicted under controversial media law

A local journalist in eastern Turkey has become the first person to face criminal charges under Turkey’s controversial new media law for reporting on...

Soros’ Open Society Foundations denies any involvement in Gezi Park protests

A spokesperson for billionaire philanthropist George Soros’s Open Society Foundations has denied any connection between them and the anti-government protests at Gezi Park, including...

Turkey has largest number of cases pending before European rights court

Approximately 20,100 applications from Turkey are pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), making it the highest case-count country since Aug. 1,...

Turkish Muslims protest Quran-burning incident in Sweden

Turks on Sunday protested the burning of a copy of the Quran by a far-right politician in Sweden over the weekend, with some demonstrators...

Erdoğan sets May 14 as Turkey’s election date

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that Turkey's elections will be held on May 14 -- a month earlier than scheduled -- as the...

Erdoğan ups rhetoric on Greece again, warning of action by ‘crazy Turks’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again upped his rhetoric against Greece, warning that the “crazy Turks” will take action if Greek Prime...

AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate Hrant Dink murder

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have rejected a parliamentary motion by the Peoples’ Democratic...

Germany warns Turkey over AKP MP’s ‘hate speech’ targeting PKK members, Gülenists

The German Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the Turkish ambassador to issue a warning after a ruling party lawmaker’s “hate speech” in Germany targeting...

AKP MP faces barrage of complaints in Germany for his call to ‘destroy’ PKK members, Gülenists

Scores of criminal complaints have been filed in Germany against a lawmaker from Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) who called for the...

Man calls on authorities to let wife jailed on Gülen links reunite with cancer patient son

A man has called on Turkish authorities to release his wife, serving a prison sentence on conviction of links to the Gülen movement, so...

Turkish Grey Wolves’ violent tendencies endanger Germany’s internal security: BfV

The violent tendencies of Turkish nationalist group the Grey Wolves, or Ülkü Ocakları in Turkish, which considers violence as a “means to an end,”...

Thousands march in Paris in memory of Kurds murdered in 2013

Thousands of demonstrators marched in central Paris on Saturday to pay tribute to three Kurdish activists murdered a decade ago, Agence France-Presse reported. The march,...

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