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Erdoğan confesses anti-Gülen witch-hunt has gone off track

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has acknowledged that a witch-hunt he launched against the faith-based Gülen movement has gotten out of control and that people...

347 arrested, 339 others detained over coup links on Tuesday

A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and...

Erdoğan calls on US to either extradite or detain Gülen

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on the United States administration to either extradite Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen or detain him, despite not...

Teacher commits suicide after dismissal over alleged Gülen links

A teacher of 25 years who was fired last week over alleged links to the Gülen movement committed suicide late on Tuesday, media outlets...

Report: Leftists, Kemalists suspended from posts for being Gülenists

A report prepared by Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Veli Ağbaba has revealed that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, which launched...

Turkish army: 3 soldiers killed in ISIL attack in northern Syria

A statement from the Turkish military said on Tuesday that threeTurkish soldiers were killed and five others were wounded after the Islamic State in...

Prosecutor asks HDP co-chair to testify over terrorism accusations

The Diyarbakır Public Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday invited pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairman Selahattin Demirtaş to visit the Diyarbakır Courthouse to give testimony...

Turkish ministry prevents DW from airing interview with minister, seizes footage

In a move that is likely to cast fresh doubt on the situation of freedom of the press in Turkey, Turkey's Youth and Sports...

AKP delegation travels to US for talks on Gülen extradition

A delegation from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government travelled to the US on Tuesday to discuss the extradition of Turkish Islamic...

New twist in Dink murder case with recently discovered video footage

Footage broadcast by a pro-government TV channel appears to show that six former gendarmerie intelligence officers who are currently on trial over links to...

Police panzer crushes elderly woman to death in Tunceli

A police panzer in the eastern province of Tunceli crushed a 72-year-old woman to death on Tuesday morning. The woman, identified as Naciye Özdemir, was...

CHP report says leftists, Kemalists suspended from posts for being Gülenists

A report prepared by Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Veli Ağbaba has revealed that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, which launched...

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