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YSK announces official referendum results: 51.41% yes, 48.59% no

After 11 days of debate, Turkey's Supreme Election Board (YSK) has announced the official results of an April 16 referendum on a constitutional reform...

30 Zaman journalists to wait until Sept.18 for trial

An indictment that seeks three consecutive life sentences on coup charges for 30 individuals who include journalists and executives from the now-closed Zaman daily...

Erdoğan to return AKP as its leader at May 21 party convention

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is likely to return to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) as its chairman after he is elected...

Russian reconnaissance ship sinks after collision off Black Sea coast

A Russian naval intelligence vessel sank after colliding with a freighter in the Black Sea, off the coast of Turkey, Reuters reported on Thursday. According...

[VIDEO] Turkey-backed FSA sells armored vehicle to ISIL, daily claims

Militants from the Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) sold an armored vehicle belonging to the Turkish military to the Islamic State in Iraq and...

Turkey refuses to renew German reporter’s accreditation over ‘insulting Erdoğan’

The Turkish government has refused to renew the press accreditation of German Stern magazine reporter Raphael Geiger due to alleged remarks insulting Turkish President...

Gov’t suspends 9,000 more police officers in anti-Gülen witch-hunt

As part of witch-hunt launched against the Gülen movement following a failed coup on July 15, the Turkish government has suspended 9,103 police officers,...

7 injured in İstanbul shuttle bus explosion

Seven students were injured on Wednesday when an explosion took place inside a van carrying university students in İstanbul. According to the state-run Anadolu news...

Main opposition deputy claims ruling AKP recruited 800 pro-party lawyers as judges

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Barış Yarkadaş said on Wednesday that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government had recruited...

CHP taking referendum results to ECtHR for cancellation

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will apply to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) demanding cancellation of the results of a...

Turkish military says YPG attacked 2 military outposts at Syrian border

The People’s Protection Units (YPG) has carried out a mortar attack targeting two Turkish military outposts in the southern province of Hatay at the...

HDP Hakkari deputy Akdoğan released from jail

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Hakkari deputy Nihat Akdoğan was released from jail by a court on Wednesday after spending around six months in...

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