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Most child brides in Turkey from Kilis province, TurkStat data reveal

The Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat), which has drawn up a map of marriages involving girls under the age of 18 in Turkey, has revealed...

Turkey detains Mardin Co-mayor Türk, Artuklu district mayor Irmak

Turkish police on Monday detained Ahmet Türk, a former deputy and also co-mayor of the Mardin Municipality, and Emin Irmak, Artuklu district mayor, as...

[UPDATE] Detained ÇHD president who raised torture claims in prisons released

Selçuk Kozağaçlı, president of the now-closed Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD), was detained in Ankara on Tuesday along with three other lawyers on Monday soon...

Arrested Turkish UN judge appeals to Constitutional Court for diplomatic immunity

Turkish judge Aydın Sefa Akay, who serves on the UN war crimes panel and was arrested in September as part of a government witch-hunt...

Turkish jets destroy 17 ISIL targets in Syria

Following Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacks over the weekend that critically wounded two Turkish soldiers in northern Syria, Turkish airstrikes...

[VIDEO] Newly released coup night video shows Erdoğan immediately accuses Gülen of coup attempt

In a newly released video that was recorded by a local media representative of a coup attempt on the night of July 15, Turkish...

[VIDEO] Trump’s top military adviser Flynn says Turkey’s coup attempt worth applauding

US President-elect Donald Trump's top security adviser, retired Gen, Michael Flynn, said in a video recorded at a meeting on July 15 that he...

Canadian imam held in solitary confinement in Turkey for months, wife says

The wife of a Calgary imam told The Globe and Mail daily on Tuesday that her husband has been held in solitary confinement in...

13 teachers detained, 27 others arrested in Turkey over links to Gülen movement

Turkish police detained a total of 13 high school teachers in Kayseri, while another 27 have been arrested by courts in Nevşehir and Elazığ...

Turkish minister calls on people to sell their foreign currency

Turkish Minister of Development Lütfi Elvan called on people on Sunday not to invest in foreign currency but to sell it off as the...

Erdoğan aide says Germany smuggling drugs, arms with terrorist PKK

Professor Burhan Kuzu, an advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK) member,...

2 soldiers critically wounded in ISIL attack

Two Turkish soldiers sustained critical injuries in an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack in Syria on Sunday, DHA reported. According to...

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