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Kılıçdaroğlu: Judiciary now ‘in the service of the executioner’

  Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has strongly criticized a ceremony opening the new judicial year at the presidential palace, saying...

Judiciary gives Erdoğan standing ovation at palace judicial ceremony

A ceremony marking the opening of the new judicial year, which was protested by the main opposition leader and the head of the bar...

4 local media journalists detained in Adana

Police have detained four local journalists in Turkey’s southern province of Adana, adding further to the the already-high number of media personnel in jail. The...

37 doctors, pharmacists, hospital staff detained on coup charges

The ongoing purge in Turkey has taken a new turn with the detention of 37 people including doctors, pharmacists and hospital personnel in Afyon...

Former AKP deputy under custody in coup probe

A former deputy of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which...

Turkish prosecutor says Gülen movement founded by CIA

A Turkish prosecutor in İzmir, investigating the financial links of the Gülen movement, which is inspired by the views of US-based Turkish Islamic scholar...

Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala resigns

  Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala, a figure close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, resigned on Wednesday. Ala’s decision paves way for a minor reshuffling of...

3 more journalists detained for disseminating Gülenist propaganda

Journalists Atilla Taş, Mutlu Çölgeçen and Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu were detained on Wednesday over alleged propaganda for the Gülen movement, which the government accuses...

Pro-gov’t columnist: Turkish state must assassinate Gülen

Fatih Tezcan, a pro-government public speaker and columnist, said in a video he posted on social media that he is sure the Turkish state...

Writer Alpay arrested for membership in terrorist organization

As part of an investigation launched into the Özgür Gündem daily, publishing consultant board member, linguist and writer Necmiye Alpay was arrested by an...

Demirtaş, Buldan called to testify for insulting Turkish president

The top prosecutor’s office in Ankara has called Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş and HDP deputy Pervin Buldan to testify as part...

Demirtaş’s Urfa meeting cancelled over security concerns

An anti-coup meeting that was planned in Şanlıurfa on Saturday and expected to be attended by Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has...

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