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9 police officers detained in Eskişehir over Gülen links

Turkish police have detained nine active and former police officers in Eskişehir province due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused of mounting...

YAŞ to convene at Çankaya Palace on Aug. 2

Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAŞ), presided over by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, will convene at Çankaya Palace on Aug. 2, the t24 news website...

CHP deputy says OHAL commission is like a stillborn child

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Ankara deputy Şenal Sarıhan has said a state of emergency (OHAL) commission established to investigate applications directly related...

[UPDATE] HDP deputy Başaran released after brief detention in Batman

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ayşe Acar Başaran has been released after being briefly detained in Batman province for failing to attend a...

Student wearing ‘part-time hero’ T-shirt released after brief detention

A university student in the Lapseki district of Çanakkale province was released on Sunday after a brief detention for wearing a T-shirt bearing the...

[VIDEO] Turkish soldiers beat Syrian refugees, video shows

A video released on social media shows Turkish soldiers beating a group of young Syrian refugees who were caught trying to enter Turkey. The Turkish...

Turkey’s former ambassador to Ghana sent to jail over Gülen links

Şentürk Uzun, Turkey’s former ambassador to Ghana, has been put in pretrial detention over his alleged links with Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news...

7 Cumhuriyet journalists visit newspaper offices after being freed

Journalists Musa Kart, Hakan Kara, Önder Çelik, Güray Öz, Turhan Günay, Bülent Utku and Mustafa Kemal Güngör, who were released pending trial on Friday...

Turkish minister’s sister to be appointed as ambassador to Kuwait

Ayşe Hilal Sayan Koytak, the sister of Turkish Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya and an adviser to the prime...

[VIDEO] Pro-gov’t journalist admits MİT abducted, illegally questioned Gülen followers

Abdurrahman Şimşek, Sabah's special editor for intelligence reporting, admitted on Friday that Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) abducted several people who have links to...

Turkey’s top judicial body reshuffles 110 judges, prosecutors

Turkey's top judicial authority, the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), has transferred 110 judges and prosecutors working in military and other courts in...

Request by CHP deputies to visit jailed hunger strikers remains unanswered

A main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy told the Cumhuriyet daily that a request by fellow party members to visit two jailed hunger...

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