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Detention warrants issued for 33 former Telekom employees

Detention warrants have been issued for 33 former employees of Turkish telecommunications giant Türk Telekom over the use of a smart phone application known...

[VIDEO] Ultranationalist columnist says Turkey must get rid of Gülen followers, hints at mass burning

Sabahattin Önkibar, a columnist for the Aydınlık daily, which is affiliated with the ultranationalist Homeland Party (VP) of Doğu Perinçek, said on Sunday that...

RSF says Cumhuriyet trial in Turkey is ‘a mockery of justice’

Christophe Deloire, the secretary-general of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), said on Monday that the trial of Cumhuriyet journalists on charges of sponsoring terrorist organizations...

[BREAKING] Court rules for continuation of pretrial detention of 5 Cumhuriyet journalists

An İstanbul court on Monday evening ruled for continuation of pretrial detention for five Cumhuriyet daily journalists. According to the decision of İstanbul 27th High Criminal...

Interior Ministry: 57 PKK militants ‘neutralized’ in one week

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that a total of 57 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists have been neutralized across Turkey over the...

Supreme court member: If Erdoğan were to leave, Turkey would be like Saddam, Gaddafi’s countries

Abdullah Yaman, a member of Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals, has claimed that a US indictment naming former Turkish Economy Minister Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan...

Architects chamber: Ankara’s future destroyed on ODTÜ campus

The Ankara branch of the Turkish Union of Engineers and Architects’ Chambers (TMMOB) has protested against a move by the Ankara Municipality and the rector...

Second hearing of Cumhuriyet journalists begins

The second hearing in the trial of Cumhuriyet daily journalists and executives who were arrested in November 2016 on terror charges was scheduled to...

CHP leader calls on gov’t to investigate drone claims

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Sunday called on the government to clarify claims that civilians were being killed in...

Turkey seeks to revoke citizenship of another 99 people including a 23-year-old

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has released a list of 99 people who are currently abroad and who will be stripped of their citizenship if they...

Some police officers guarding Erdoğan on night of coup attempt arrested, judge says

Emirşah Baştoğ, presiding judge of the Muğla 2nd High Criminal Court, where a trial of suspected putschist soldiers is being heard, said on Saturday...

AI secretary-general visits Turkey director in İstanbul prison, calls for her immediate release

The secretary-general of Amnesty International, Salil Shetty, on Saturday visited the rights group's Turkey director, İdil Eser, in an İstanbul prison and called for...

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