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Court rejects objection to journalist Şık’s arrest

An İstanbul court has rejected an objection filed by the lawyer for journalist Ahmet Şık to his client's arrest, ruling that Şık's imprisonment was...

Number of Turkish soldiers killed in Syria rises to 43 with latest loss

One Turkish soldier has died and four others were injured in an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack in Syria’s al-Bab...

Court releases ISIL militant on probation due to permanent residence

An İstanbul court on Monday decided to release a militant from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on judicial probation because...

Investigation launched into muhtar for refusing to attend meeting at Erdoğan’s palace

A muhtar, or a neighborhood head, in the Vakfıkebir district of Trabzon province is facing an investigation because he has refused to attend regular...

Not a single person under pressure over lifestyle in Turkey, argues Erdoğan 

While criticizing protesters for claiming that a New Year's Eve attack on a popular nightclub in Istanbul targeted the secular lifestyle in Turkey, President...

Erdoğan to nightclub massacre protesters: Why did you keep quiet about Gaziantep victims?

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reacted to protesters of a nightclub massacre on New Year's Day in İstanbul with the argument that it was...

HDP deputy Birlik released from jail

One of the deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Leyla Birlik, who was jailed in November, has been released from prison. HDP Adana...

Turkey’s foreign minister says nightclub gunman identified

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Wednesday announced that the gunman in an İstanbul nightclub attack on New Year’s Day has been identified as the...

[VIDEO] Pro-gov’t columnist rips up Cumhuriyet daily, calling it dishonorable, scumbag on live TV

Pro-government Yeni Şafak columnist Hikmet Genç berated the Cumhuriyet daily during a live show on 24 TV on Tuesday and called those publish it...

Opposition MHP deputy chair resigns over divergence with party on presidential system

Opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputy chairman and İstanbul deputy Atilla Kaya resigned as deputy chairman on Tuesday due to a difference of opinion...

[VIDEO] Pro-gov’t columnist high fives 2-year-old son for cursing Gülen

Fatih Tezcan, a pro-government public speaker and columnist, teaches his 2-year-old son hatred in a video he posted on social media on Jan. 1,...

80-year-old arrested over links to PKK after 24 days in detention

Hacı İsa Sezek, an 80-year-old Turk who spent 24 days in police custody in Siirt province, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of “membership...

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