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Government to employ 2,500 new police officers

After purging more than 40,000 members of the police force from their jobs since a failed coup in Turkey in July, the ruling Justice...

Court releases jailed HDP Siirt deputy Konca

A high criminal court in the eastern province of Batman on Wednesday decided to release on judicial probation pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Siirt...

22 detained at Kocaeli Police Department over alleged Gülen links

Twenty-two staff members at the Kocaeli Police Department were detained on Wednesday as part of an investigation targeting alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen...

Erdoğan advisor warns Turkish jets may accidentally hit US forces in Syria

Chief advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and columnist İlnur Çevik has warned that Turkish jets may accidentally hit US soldiers in northern Syria...

President Erdoğan rules out changes within Cabinet

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rejected the possibility of changes within the Cabinet one day after he officially rejoined the ruling Justice and Development...

Aggravated life sentence sought for comedian jailed over Gülen links

An indictment drawn up by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office seeks an aggravated life sentence and an additional jail sentence of up to...

MEDEL nominates jailed YARSAV head for 2017 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize

European-based organization Magistrats Européens pour la Démocratie et les Libertés (MEDEL) has presented before the Council of Europe the application of judge Murat Arslan,...

AKP municipality rejects leased cars with plates bearing Gülen’s initials

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)-run Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality has rejected a leasing company's proposal to lease cars to be used for municipal...

Former Zaman reporter released, arrested again before leaving prison

Ayşenur Parıldak, a former reporter from the now-closed Zaman daily who is among dozens of journalists jailed after a failed military coup attempt in...

[VIDEO] Wife of abducted Gülen school principal asks Malaysian gov’t for help

Ayşe Karaman, the wife of Turgay Karaman, who was abducted by five unidentified men on Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur, asked for help from the...

Kılıçdaroğlu slams Erdoğan for joining AKP: ‘A party leader can’t be president of all the people’

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s return to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

Turkey seeks to lift main opposition leader’s parliamentary immunity

A dossier that seeks to remove the parliamentary immunity of seven main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputies, including Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, has been...

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