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Report: Turkey adopts extrajudicial tactics to crack down on critics abroad

A new report by the Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) shows that Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has adopted a thuggish new...

Turkish official asks students in US to attend Erdoğan rally in front of White House

Salih Çelik, the education attaché at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C., has sent messages to university students in the US to attend a...

At least 24 local tourists die in bus accident in Turkish resort of Marmaris

At least 24 people died and seven others were injured in a bus accident on Saturday in the Marmaris district of the Aegean province...

[VIDEO] Goldsmith makes 8 kg model tank in memory of Turks who died in failed coup

A Turkish goldsmith in Kahramanmaraş province has crafted a model tank from eight kilograms of gold in memory of the more than 240 people...

[VIDEO] Pro-gov’t group prays in front of Hagia Sophia demanding conversion to mosque

A large group of people from the pro-government Anatolia Youth Association (AGD) and National Youth Organization (MGV) gathered in front of İstanbul's historic Hagia...

[VIDEO] Turkey detains 3 Turks deported from Malaysia despite calls over torture risk

Turgay Karaman, İhsan Aslan and İsmet Özçelik, three Turkish nationals who were deported by Malaysia despite international warnings over the risk of torture, have...

Ankara police assault group protesting in solidarity with hunger strike academics

Newly emerged video footage shows the moment Turkish police used excessive force against a group of protestors who were standing vigil in solidarity with...

Pro-Erdoğan troll calls on gov’t to execute Gülen followers

Amid assassination concerns following the suspicious deaths of two people who allegedly fell from the balcony of their homes, a pro-Erdoğan Twitter troll named...

CHP deputy provincial head in Bolu arrested over Gülen links

Eight people, including the Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy provincial chairman of Bolu province in northwestern Turkey, have been arrested over alleged links to...

Court releases man who injured CHP deputy in gun attack

An Aydın court on Friday ruled to release a man who in October had injured deputy chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party...

Advisor says US should be thankful for Erdoğan’s goodwill, patience

Chief advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and columnist İlnur Çevik has said the US should be thankful for Erdoğan's goodwill and patience in...

Cumhuriyet daily’s Internet editor detained due to report on prosecutor’s death

Oğuz Güven, the Internet editor of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, was detained early Friday due to a report that appeared on the website of...

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