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Kurdish lawyer Elçi commemorated on first anniversary of death

Former head of Diyarbakır Bar Association and human rights activist Tahir Elçi was commemorated on the first anniversary of his murder in the southeastern...

Pro-gov’t columnist says journalist Dündar to be brought to Turkey like Öcalan

Ahmet Kekeç, a columnist from the pro-government Star daily, has claimed exiled former editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet daily Can Dündar will be brought to...

PM says emergency rule to be lifted before possible referendum on presidential system

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said his government will abolish a state of emergency that went into effect in the aftermath of a...

11th body retrieved from mine collapse in Siirt, search continues for 5 missing

The death toll rose as search and rescue teams on Sunday retrieved an 11th body from a copper mine that collapsed in southeastern Turkey...

Pro-gov’t daily claims Fethullah Gülen monitored his followers with telescope

US-based Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen had a “rocket-resistive” building near İstanbul’s famed Çamlıca Hills, where he constantly “monitored his followers with a telescope,” the...

[VIDEO] Turkish woman says ‘My husband and I sacked by gov’t decree. I have cancer, he is in jail.’

“My husband is in jail. He was the only person who took care of me. What am I supposed to do now? The cancer...

AKP mayor designs dungeon displaying Gülen, PKK mannequins with fake rats

Erkan Hayla, mayor of the Kale district in Denizli province from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), has designed a dungeon in a newly...

Deputy PM Türkeş says against reinstating death penalty in Turkey

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Tuğrul Türkeş, who joined the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) after resigning from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) last...

Poll: Majority of Turks think Turkey moving away from EU

A total of 75.3 percent of Turks think that Turkey has been moving away from the European Union, while 44.3 percent believe freezing negotiation...

Gov’t appoints trustee to Bitlis Municipality after removal of co-mayors

Turkey's Interior Ministry has appointed Bitlis Governor Ahmet Çınar as a trustee to the Bitlis Municipality, whose co-mayors were recently removed by the government. Democratic...

‘Book yourself a place in prison,’ CHP leader tells prospective journalist

In remarks that underlined the risks of being a journalist in Turkey nowadays, Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has told a young...

54 detained in Hatay for ByLock use in anti-Gülen operation

Fifty-four people including civil servants, doctors, workers, businessmen and teachers were detained in an operation in the southern province of Hatay on Sunday, which...

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