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Teacher making students pose with nooses sparks outrage

A primary school teacher in İstanbul’s Başakşehir district attracted widespread criticism when he shared photos of his students on social media in which they...

Court rules 8 HDP deputies be escorted by police to testify in court

A Diyarbakır court hearing a trial involving the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) ruled on Tuesday that eight deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...

Parliament speaker calls emergency meeting for removal of jailed deputies’ photos

Parliament Speaker İsmail Kahraman convened an emergency meeting of Parliament's Board of Spokespersons to ask for the removal of photos of 10 jailed deputies...

Bomb-laden car roamed İstanbul for 12 hours before explosion

Police investigating car bomb and suicide bomber attacks on Saturday night that killed 44 people have discovered that the car involved in one attack...

[UPDATE] 2 deputies from pro-Kurdish HDP detained, one released

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Çağlar Demirel and Besime Konca, who were detained in Ankara late Monday as part of investigations into alleged...

Turkey detains 372, mostly from pro-Kurdish HDP, over terror links

Following car bomb and suicide bomber attacks in İstanbul on Saturday night that claimed 44 lives, the Ministry of Interior Affairs announced on Tuesday...

Veteran Turkish columnist quits writing columns amid media pressure

Fifty-nine-year-old veteran journalist Umur Talu has stopped writing columns, citing pressure on the media along with nationwide problems, ranging from high unemployment to civilian...

[VIDEO] Police storm HDP offices, leave message on walls: ‘We will be back’

Police carried out multiple operations early on Monday in at least seven provinces to detain 120 officials from pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) local...

CHP’s Tanrıkulu: Package may allow Erdoğan 14 years in power

Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu says the package of constitutional reform proposals facilitating a switch to a presidential system of governance...

Turkish military says warplane crashed near Diyarbakır

  The Turkish military issued a statement on Monday reporting that a fighter jet had crashed near Diyarbakır during a training mission. No casualties were reported...

[VIDEO] Protestors call consuls general visiting scene of terror attacks ‘murderers’

Unidentified individuals protested 30 consuls general serving in İstanbul after they laid wreaths in memory of 44 victims killed in twin blasts near Beşiktaş...

AKP deputy lists main opposition CHP among terror organizations

  Former speechwriter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Aydın Ünal listed the main opposition Republican People’s...

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