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[UPDATE] HDP deputy Lezgin Botan released

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Lezgin Botan, who was detained on Monday as part of an ongoing crackdown on the Kurdish political movement in...

[VIDEO] Former TRT presenter arrested over Gülen links

Former TRT presenter Hamza Günerigök, who was on a list of suspects to be arrested in an investigation targeting the Gülen movement, was arrested...

[UPDATE] HDP deputies Bilgen, Beştaş detained on terror charges

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Ayhan Bilgen and Meral Danış Beştaş were detained on terror charges on Monday night after a Diyarbakır court...

Justice minister slams EU countries for not extraditing alleged Gülen followers

Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has criticized some EU countries for what he said was their failure to extradite alleged followers of the faith-based...

Indictment seeks up to 15 years jail for academics over Gülen links

An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks a jail sentence of from seven-and-a-half to 15 years for 15 academics from the İstanbul-based Marmara...

HDP deputy Baluken released from jail

İdris Baluken, one of 11 pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies who were arrested in late 2016, has been released from jail. Baluken, who is...

625 detained, 42 arrested in anti-Gülen operations in one week

A total of 625 people were detained, with 42 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past...

Pro-Kurdish district mayor in Ağrı arrested on terror charges

A pro-Kurdish district mayor in the eastern province of Ağrı has been arrested as part of a terrorism probe. Pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) mayor...

Detention warrants issued for 15 at Air Forces Command over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 10 officers and five civilians at the Air Forces Command over their alleged links to the faith-based...

Cem Toker steps down as LDP leader

Turkish politician Cem Toker has resigned as the leader of the Liberal Democrat Party (LDP), a post in which he served for more than...

[UPDATE] HDP deputy Yıldırım released after brief detention in Diyarbakır

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Van deputy Nadir Yıldırım, who was detained in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Monday morning, has been released. Yıldırım...

Police wait outside hospital to detain woman following delivery

A group of police officers awaited outside Antalya's Alanya Başkent Hospital in order to detain a woman who had given birth several hours earlier,...

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