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HDP deputy submits parliamentary question over journalist stripped of parental rights

Pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) Adana deputy Meral Danış Beştaş submitted a parliamentary question on Tuesday asking why – among all the other rights...

Six Turkish soldiers killed in fresh PKK attack in Van

At least six soldiers were killed and two others were wounded when Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists detonated a hidden roadside bomb to target...

Lift of lawmakers’ immunity does not cover corruption-linked ministers, CHP says

The Republican People's Party (CHP) has issued a written statement on Tuesday saying that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) reduced the...

Supreme Court approves MHP opponents’ bid for congress

Supreme Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited ruling regarding the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on Tuesday, upholding a lower court's decision that the party can...

Police detain 67 in gov’t witch hunt targeting Gülen movement

Sixty-seven people were detained as part of government-initiated operations targeting the Gülen movement, a grassroots initiative comprising people inspired by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah...

Trustees appointed to 4 companies in Şanlıurfa in gov’t-led move

A local court in the southeastern Şanlıurfa province has appointed trustees to take over the management of 4 companies, including two education institutions, in...

Turkish PM Binali Yıldırım forms 65th government of Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has approved a cabinet list drafted by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, after Erdoğan asked him to form a new cabinet...

Binali Yıldırım to submit list of cabinet members to Erdoğan on Tuesday

The newly elected leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), Binali Yıldırım will present the list of the cabinet members of the...

Turkish first lady’s foundation shuts down website after disclosure of Zarrab donations

A foundation established by Turkey’s first lady Emine Erdoğan closed down its website, after million dollars of donations by Iranian-born Turkish businessman Reza Zarrab,...

Report: Pro-Davutoğlu newspaper staff denied entry to office

The staff of the Turkish daily, Yeni Yüzyıl, which is usually known for being supportive of the outgoing Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, was denied...

High judiciary members harvest tea with Erdoğan

High judiciary members, including the heads of Supreme Court of Appeals, Council of State and Court of Accounts, harvested tea along with President Recep...

Explosion heard during police raid to suspected ISIL cell house

An explosion and a couple of gunshot were heard during a police raid to a suspected cell house belonging to the Islamic State of...

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