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[VIDEO] Russian analyst: Turkey’s claim Gülen was behind envoy’s killing insult to ‘our intelligence’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's claim that US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen was behind the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey on Monday...

Mother of ambassador’s murderer: My son did not attend any Gülen school

Hamidiye Altıntaş, the mother of police officer Mevlüt Altıntaş, who killed Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov on Monday, denied pro-government media claims that...

Russian envoy’s murderer not Bylock user as claimed by pro-government media

As the pro-government media claimed that the murderer of Russia’s ambassador to Ankara had used a smart phone application known as Bylock in an...

Human Rights Watch detects child soldiers within PKK

The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to stop recruiting child soldiers and to punish commanders...

Kılıçdaroğlu’s advisor arrested over alleged Gülen links

An İstanbul court on Thursday arrested Fatih Gürsul, an advisor to main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, on charges of using...

Turkey to shut down Yol TV for allegedly insulting Erdoğan

Turkey’s media monitoring institution, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has decided to shut down Yol TV for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip...

Detention warrant issued for exiled journalist Can Dündar

An İstanbul court has issued a detention warrant for former editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet daily and exiled journalist Can Dündar to compel his testimony...

[Update] Number of soldiers killed in ISIL attacks in Syria’s al-Bab rises to 16

The number of soldiers who have died as a result of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacks in Syria’s al-Bab region...

Turkish court rules to seize assets of 54 journalists over Gülen links

A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the seizure of all assets of 54 journalists over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. The decision...

Removal of Atatürk statue in Rize attracts criticism

Representatives from the Atatürkist Thought Association (ADD) and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) have criticized the removal of a statue of Mustafa Kemal...

AKP official says nation consoled by arrest of HDP deputies in wake of attacks

Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy chairman and spokesperson Yasin Aktay has said the Turkish nation finds some comfort in the arrest of more...

Turkey recalls spying religious attaché from Netherlands

The Turkish government has recalled Yusuf Acar, the religious attaché of the Turkish government in the Netherlands, who recently admitted to spying on followers...

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