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CHP presidential candidate İnce visits President Erdoğan

Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce paid a visit to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP)...

Election authority says 6 candidates to run in Turkey’s presidential election

Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) announced on Wednesday that a total of six candidates will compete in Turkey’s presidential election to be held on...

[UPDATED] Lawyer arrested for allegedly pro-Gülen movement social media posts

An İstanbul court arrested lawyer Sibel Sevinç Deveci on Wednesday, due to social media posts deemed to be propaganda on behalf of the faith-based...

AKP Istanbul congress to be an Erdoğan family affair

Eight people related to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by blood or marriage appear on a list of 193 delegates to the Istanbul congress...

CHP report reveals gross human rights violations in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons

A report drafted by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) reveals that the prison population in Turkey has increased by 285 percent during...

CHP presidential candidate İnce visits rival Demirtaş in prison

Main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce on Wednesday visited pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş...

Jailed Zaman journalist Alkan says no regrets about his writings, ready to die in jail

Ahmet Turan Alkan, a columnist from the now-closed Zaman daily who was jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey on...

1 HDP deputy gets suspended sentence, another acquitted on terror charges

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ağrı deputy Dirayet Taşdemir has been given a suspended 20-month sentence on terror charges, while another HDP Ağrı deputy,...

Greece grants asylum to another Turkish officer alleged to be involved in coup

Greece's asylum commission has granted asylum to another of eight Turkish officers who fled to Greece in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt...

Students, academics protest proposed division of Istanbul University

Istanbul University students and academics continued a weeks-long protest on Tuesday in Beyazıt Square against a bill submitted to the Turkish Parliament to split up...

Turks’ ‘OK’ to Erdogan’s offer to step down tops Twitter worldwide trends

Following remarks by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday saying, “If our nation says ‘OK’ , then we will step aside,” T A...

Turkey’s public broadcaster under fire over lack of opposition election coverage

İsmail Saygılı, a concerned citizen, filed a criminal case on Tuesday against Turkey’s public broadcaster, TRT, over the lack of coverage of Republican People’s...

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