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CHP: Erdoğan’s call for national mobilization would legitimize PKK

In reaction to a call by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for national mobilization against all terror organizations, Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy group chairman...

Top court refuses to annul article that punishes insulting Erdoğan

Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday declined to abolish Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), which stipulates punishment for insults to the president,...

Erdoğan declares national mobilization against all terror organizations

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he is declaring a national mobilization against all terror organizations in the aftermath of twin bomb attacks in...

Dutch FM to summon Turkish ambassador over Diyanet’s intelligence activities

Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders will summon the Turkish ambassador to the Netherlands to ask about intelligence gathering activities conducted by mosques operated by...

Diyanet official in Holland admits spying for Erdoğan

The head of the Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) branch in the Netherlands collected the names of people who sympathize with Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen...

3 pro-Kurdish district mayors detained in Bitlis

Three district mayors from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in the eastern province of Bitlis were detained on Wednesday as part of a...

Slain police officer’s wife, mother reject gov’t members’ condolences

The wife and mother of a police officer who was among the victims of twin bomb attacks in İstanbul on Saturday evening have rejected...

US says concerned about large-scale detentions of HDP politicians

US State Department Spokesperson John Kirby said at the regular press briefing on Tuesday the United States is certainly concerned by the large-scale detentions...

Police raid Edirne building Fethullah Gülen resided in 55 years ago

Edirne police, joined by a group of gendarmes, stormed a building in the city where US-based Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen resided in 55 years...

Deputy PM says Turkey to set up tent city for 80,000 refugees fleeing Aleppo

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on Tuesday that Turkey will set up a tent city with a capacity of up to 80,000...

[VIDEO] Turkish interior minister asks citizens to denounce PKK sympathizers

Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Tuesday called on Turkish citizens to inform the authorities about people who are sympathizers of the outlawed Kurdistan...

Police detain Syrian columnist Hüsnü Mahalli in İstanbul

Critical Syrian columnist Hüsnü Mahalli, who has been writing for Turkish newspapers for years, was detained on Tuesday night after pro-government media targeted him...

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