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Turkish police raids pro-Kurdish HDP, DBP offices in Diyarbakır

Counterterror teams of Diyarbakır Police Department raided provincial and district branch offices of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) in...

Senior AKP politician: Turkey switched to presidential system in 2007

While suggesting that the term “prime minister” in the Constitution should be replaced with “president,” a senior Justice and Development Party (AKP) politician said...

Reuters: Turkey purges NATO military envoys

  According to an exclusive story published on Wednesday by Reuters, a massive purge in Turkey after an attempted coup has been extended to senior...

Journalists Lale Kemal, Nuriye Akman released from prison

Former Zaman columnists Lale Kemal and Nuriye Akman, who were arrested on July 31 following an attempted coup in Turkey, were released from prison...

Top court rejects CHP’s petitions on KHKs citing lack of jurisdiction

Turkey's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected petitions filed by the country's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) requesting the cancellation of some controversial government...

48, including HDP, DBP politicians, detained in Turkey’s Southeast

Turkish police on Wednesday detained 48 people including pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) provincial and district co-chairpersons in the...

233 more military members expelled from TSK over Gülen links

Turkey’s Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that a total of 233 members of the military have been expelled from their posts in the Turkish...

Pro-gov’t daily claims Turkey considering purchase of Russian air defense system

The staunchly pro-government Yeni Akit daily claimed in a report on Wednesday that Turkey is contemplating the purchase of a Russian S-400 air defense...

Former Finance Minister Unakıtan passes away at age 70

Former Finance Minister Kemal Unakıtan died at the age of 70 at an İstanbul hospital on Wednesday morning where he had been receiving treatment...

108 arrested, 113 detained over coup charges on Tuesday

A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves hunted down and taken...

Top judicial body says ENCJ will be ‘embarrassed’ for accusing Turkey of unfair dismissals

Mehmet Yılmaz, deputy chairman of Turkey’s Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), has said the Brussels-based European Networks of Councils for the Judiciary...

Turkish deputy PM targets Gülen movement, saying it is Turkey’s ISIL

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has targeted the Gülen movement, a global civil society movement accused by Turkey’s government and President Recep Tayyip...

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