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[UPDATE] Man who attacked woman for wearing shorts to be tried without arrest

An İstanbul court on Thursday ruled that Ercan Kızılateş, who attacked a woman named Melisa Sağlam on a minibus in İstanbul’s Pendik neighborhood last...

Former AKP deputy detained over ByLock use

Former Justice and Development Party (AKP) Yalova deputy Şükrü Önder has been detained for his use of a smart phone application known as ByLock,...

CHP presents evidence Erdoğan interfered with judiciary to intimidate media

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has revealed a document that proves President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's office interfered with the judiciary to intimidate...

Pro-LGBT NGOs to file complaint against nationalists over threat to Pride Week parade

A group of NGOs announced on Wednesday that they plan to file a criminal complaint against the head of the nationalist Alperen Ocakları’s İstanbul...

Ergenekon retrials begin after top appeals court overturns verdict

Retrials began on Wednesday in the case of the clandestine Ergenekon organization after Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals in April 2016 overturned an earlier verdict...

CHP deputy files complaint against Deputy PM over remarks on MİT trucks

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Ankara deputy Murat Emir has filed a criminal complaint against Deputy Prime Minister Yıldırım Tuğrul Türkeş due to...

Teacher who turned self in for Gülen links gets seven-and-a-half years in prison

A court in western Aydın province has sentenced a teacher to seven-and-a-half years in prison after he turned himself claiming he was a sympathizer...

40 including head of catering company detained in Manisa food poisoning case

Forty people, including the general manager of a catering firm, have been detained in relation to the food poisoning of more than 1,000 soldiers...

Ultranationalist leader says Turkey’s judicial system experiencing its golden age

At a time when the Turkish judiciary is under intense criticism for acting on orders from the government, Ultranationalist Homeland Party (VP) Chairman Doğu...

41 governors replaced, 19 recalled to Ankara in new gov’t decree

Forty-one governors across Turkey have been replaced while 19 have been recalled to Ankara after the reassignments were published in the Official Gazette on...

Turkish cleric calls for mass execution of ‘terrorists’: Do not leave anyone wounded!

Newly emerged video shows the moment Metin Balkanlıoğlu, an important figure within the İsmailaga community, one of Turkey’s most prominent religious sects, called on...

Catering firm employee says soldiers given spoilt food

After hundreds of soldiers were hospitalized on Saturday in Manisa due to food poisoning, an employee of the catering firm serving the military base,...

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