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Prison guard suspended from job over Gülen links commits suicide

A prison guard who was recently suspended from his job at an Adıyaman prison in eastern Turkey was found hanging in the stairwell of...

US folk singer Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Bob Dylan has won the Nobel Prize in Literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” the Swedish Academy...

Akşener launches legal appeal against expulsion from MHP

Former Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputy and leadership candidate Meral Akşener on Thursday filed a lawsuit with an Ankara court requesting an interim injunction...

109 military judges expelled from TSK over Gülen links

A total of 109 judges have been expelled from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on the grounds that they have links to the faith-based...

13 housewives detained in Tokat for organizing fundraiser for students in need

Thirteen housewives were detained in the central province of Tokat on Thursday for organizing a fundraising event for low-income students under the umbrella of...

Turkey suspends 2,800 more teachers over Gülen ties

Turkey’s Education Ministry suspended 2,800 more teachers on Thursday in the latest wave of an ongoing witch-hunt against suspected sympathizers of the faith-based Gülen...

Turkey detains 2 lawyers attempting to flee to Greece

Two lawyers registered with the Konya Bar Association who are under investigation for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement were detained by Turkish...

Turkish police raids pro-Kurdish HDP, DBP offices in Diyarbakır

Counterterror teams of Diyarbakır Police Department raided provincial and district branch offices of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) in...

Senior AKP politician: Turkey switched to presidential system in 2007

While suggesting that the term “prime minister” in the Constitution should be replaced with “president,” a senior Justice and Development Party (AKP) politician said...

Reuters: Turkey purges NATO military envoys

  According to an exclusive story published on Wednesday by Reuters, a massive purge in Turkey after an attempted coup has been extended to senior...

Journalists Lale Kemal, Nuriye Akman released from prison

Former Zaman columnists Lale Kemal and Nuriye Akman, who were arrested on July 31 following an attempted coup in Turkey, were released from prison...

Top court rejects CHP’s petitions on KHKs citing lack of jurisdiction

Turkey's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected petitions filed by the country's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) requesting the cancellation of some controversial government...

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