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ODTÜ academics hold protest against decree canceling rector elections

Academics from Ankara’s Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) on Tuesday staged a protest against a government decree cancelling intra-university elections for university rectors. The academics...

Kılıçdaroğlu: HDP deputies cannot refuse to testify to prosecutor

Fine-tuning his initial remarks on Kurdish deputies who were recently put under arrest, underlining that those who arrive in Parliament via elections should leave...

EU’s Juncker warns Turkey’s President Erdoğan on visa deal

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker delivered a personal warning to Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday, saying that Erdoğan would be held responsible if...

Erdoğan files complaint against CHP leader, party council members over insult charges

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed criminal complaints against main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and members of the CHP Party...

European diplomats, NGOs attend HDP parliamentary meeting in show of support

The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) parliamentary group meeting, which convened on Tuesday for the first time since the arrest of 10 deputies from...

Former İstanbul police chief jailed over alleged links to Gülen released

Former İstanbul Police Chief Hüseyin Çapkın, who was jailed in September due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, inspired by US-based Turkish...

Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy’s son tortured in custody, handcuffed to hospital bed

Muhammed Cihad Kaya, the son of a pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy who was detained by police at a press meeting in İstanbul,...

Interior Ministry files complaints against CHP, HDP deputies over Külter case

Turkey's Interior Ministry has filed criminal complaints against three opposition party deputies and a lawyer over a controversy concerning the whereabouts of pro-Kurdish Democratic...

Trial of Ankara massacre suspects begins with withdrawal of 10 lawyers

The trial of 36 suspects who are accused of taking part in a terrorist attack in the Turkish capital of Ankara that claimed the...

THY cancels flights to 22 destinations  

As a result of shrinking demand due to economic stagnation and terror attacks, Turkish Airlines (THY) has cancelled flights to 22 domestic and international...

CHP declaration says arrests at HDP, Cumhuriyet against Constitution

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) released a declaration on Monday in which it criticized last week's operations against the opposition Cumhuriyet daily...

10 people detained in connection with Diyarbakır car bomb attack

Ten people have been detained in connection to a car bomb attack that took place in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Friday, killing...

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