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Turkish court rules to seize assets of 54 journalists over Gülen links

A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the seizure of all assets of 54 journalists over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. The decision...

Removal of Atatürk statue in Rize attracts criticism

Representatives from the Atatürkist Thought Association (ADD) and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) have criticized the removal of a statue of Mustafa Kemal...

AKP official says nation consoled by arrest of HDP deputies in wake of attacks

Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy chairman and spokesperson Yasin Aktay has said the Turkish nation finds some comfort in the arrest of more...

Turkey recalls spying religious attaché from Netherlands

The Turkish government has recalled Yusuf Acar, the religious attaché of the Turkish government in the Netherlands, who recently admitted to spying on followers...

8 including Uşak University rector detained over Gülen links

Eight people including the rector of Uşak University, Professor Sait Çelik, have been detained as part of an investigation targeting alleged followers of the...

Police release 6 detained in connection to murder of Russian envoy

Six people who were detained in relation to the murder of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov on Monday were released on Thursday. A 22-year-old...

Syrian columnist Mahalli taken to hospital for further treatment

Critical Syrian columnist Hüsnü Mahalli, who was detained on Dec. 12 night after pro-government media targeted him for his stance on the Syrian war, was...

Pro-Kurdish ANF news agency director Maxime Demiralp arrested in Belgium

Fırat News Agency (ANF) director Maxime Demiralp, who was taken into custody in Brussels on Dec. 16, was arrested by a Belgian court the...

62 more teachers dismissed over alleged coup involvement in İzmir

Turkey’s Education Ministry has permanently dismissed a total of 62 teachers due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to several Turkish media...

Erdoğan hosts Aleppo child Bana as Turkey aligns with Russia on Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday hosted a 7-year-old Syrian girl, Bana al-Abed, whose mother ran a Twitter account in her name about...

Leaked coup commission report suggests reorganizing MİT, working against Gülen abroad

A recently leaked report drafted by the parliamentary coup commission established to investigate a July 15 coup attempt suggested that the government reorganize Turkey's...

Hürriyet’s Zeyrek replaced after assassination remarks

The Hürriyet daily’s Ankara representative, Deniz Zeyrek, was replaced on Wednesday by the Ankara bureau chief of CNN Türk, Hande Fırat, who aired a...

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