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AKP deputy says coup suspects should be forced to wear uniforms during trials

A deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), İbrahim Aydemir, has said suspects who are standing trial due to their alleged involvement...

Deputy PM says terror attacks increased due to June 7 election results

Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli has claimed that terror attacks in Turkey have increased because the Turkish people did not give sufficient support to...

1,734 arrested, 18,000 on detention list on terror propaganda charges on social media

A total of 1,734 people have been arrested since a failed coup attempt on July 15 while 18,194 others are on a detention list...

Journalist Aslan arrested on terror charges in Şanlıurfa

The Özgür Gelecek newspaper's managing editor, Aslı Ceren Aslan, was arrested in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa four days after her Feb. 9 detention...

Detention warrants issued for 100 over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 100 people across 31 provinces that include high-level administrators over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. The...

High school takes sign down for allegedly promoting ‘no’ vote in upcoming referendum

The administration of a high school in Manisa province took down greeting signs at the entrance and exit of the school building because they...

Nobel laureate Pamuk: I don’t want to be silent while newspapers are shuttered in Turkey

Nobel laureate novelist Orhan Pamuk said on Wednesday that he cannot keep silent while there is tremendous political pressure on dissent and newspapers critical...

Police order students to disperse, stop playing Kurdish music

Riot police intervened in a student protest at Ankara University on Wednesday, telling the demonstrators to stop playing Kurdish music and to disperse. A police...

Man suspected of setting critical thespian’s arts center on fire detained

A man named M.A. Aligül, who is suspected of having set an arts center in İstanbul's Kadıköy district belonging to famous critical thespian Müjdat...

Jailed fashion designer to become human rights activist when freed

Imprisoned fashion designer Barbaros Şansal said he would dedicate his time to human rights activism once freed, in a message sent from prison through...

Rifle seen in local AKP branch in İstanbul

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Barış Yarkadaş on Wednesday directed attention to a photograph showing a rifle in the local branch of...

German daily says Erdoğan to hold referendum rally in Germany in March

German daily Bild has claimed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will hold a rally in the heavily Turkish-populated state of North-Rhine Westphalia in...

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