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Latest government decree to keep some OHAL practices in place

The Turkish government will abolish a state of emergency, or OHAL, that was declared in the aftermath of a failed military coup on July...

Most invalid votes cast at polling stations without HDP representative

A commission formed by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to examine the results from the June 24 elections has revealed that most of the...

UNHCR calls for strengthening of search and rescue for migrants in Mediterranean

Charlie Yaxley, spokesman for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR), said at a press briefing in Geneva on...

86-year-old philanthropist arrested over Gülen links

Eighty-six-year-old businessman Celal Afşar was arrested on Thursday along with his daughter, son-in-law and two others in Niğde province as part of an investigation...

Court hands down verdicts to former Zaman daily journalists

The İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court after a two-day-long final session handed down jail sentences of varying lengths to journalists from the now-closed Zaman...

Turkey, US agree on clearing Syrian regions of YPG, FM Çavuşoğlu says

Turkey and the US agree that other Syrian regions will be rid of People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants, considered by Turkey to be an...

Erdoğan says Public Alliance with nationalists in parliament will continue

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday said his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) would continue the Public Alliance with nationalist parties in...

346 more military personnel sought by prosecutors over alleged Gülen links

The İstanbul and İzmir chief public prosecutor's offices on Friday issued detention warrants for a total of 181 active duty and 165 former military...

PM Yıldırım names July 15 coup attempt as ‘project’ he did not like

In remarks that fueled suspicions even further that the Turkish government was involved in a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016,...

2 British citizens arrested in Muğla due to social media posts

Two British citizens who were detained by Turkish police at Dalaman Airport in the tourist resort of Muğla on Thursday due to their social...

Kurdish woman detained at İstanbul airport after extradition from Norway

Gülizar Taşdemir (42), rumored by the pro-government media to have been a former “aide” in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), was taken into...

CHP spokesperson: Emergency convention not on the agenda

  Republican People’s Party (CHP) spokesperson Bülent Tezcan said on Thursday that an emergency convention to change party management was not on the agenda, the...

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