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[VIDEO] HDP headquarters attacked in Kayseri following terrorist attack

A group of unidentified assailants on Saturday attacked the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) provincial branch building in the central province of Kayseri several...

HDP strongly condemns Kayseri terror attack

The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has condemned in the strongest possible terms a car bomb attack that claimed the lives of at least...

Turkish soldier succumbs to injuries sustained in Syria clashes

A Turkish soldier who was injured in clashes with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in northern Syria on Friday died...

Detention warrants issued for 500 high-ranking officers over ByLock use

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 500 high-ranking military officers across 57 provinces for their use of a smart phone application known as...

Lawyer sentenced to 15 years in jail time over links to Gülen movement

Lawyer Serdar Ateş on Friday was sentenced 15 years as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of orchestrating...

Turkish-Iranian gold trader Zarrab receives treatment for depression in US jail

Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who was arrested in Miami in March for violating US sanctions on Iran, has reportedly been diagnosed with...

[VIDEO] Veteran Turkish journalist quits job in protest of gov’t pressure on media

Veteran Turkish journalist Ayşenur Arslan quit her daily program, Medya Mahallesi , at Halk TV, saying she cannot continue her job “as if everything...

Turkish-Jewish author’s killer says she shot her because of her books

Sinem Koç, who murdered Beki İkala Erikli, a famous Turkish-Jewish author of self-help books, on Friday said she killed her in order to stop...

Court releases HDP deputy detained for leading ‘civilian prayers’

Nimetullah Erdoğmuş, a pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır deputy and a former mufti of Diyarbakır who was detained on Thursday on allegations of...

Kütahya Municipality’s controversial sex advice book draws ire of gov’t, opposition

Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz and main opposition deputies reacted adversely to a booklet distributed by the Kütahya Municipality, governed by the ruling Justice and...

Suicide bomber in last week’s İstanbul attack identified

The identity of one of the terrorists who carried out twin bomb attacks in İstanbul on Saturday has been identified as 20-year-old Burak Yavuz,...

Milliyet’s owner cancels paper’s traditional media award

The owner of one of Turkey’s oldest newspapers, the Milliyet daily, has cancelled a media award that has been bestowed annually to commemorate the...

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