36.5 C
Frankfurt am Main

CATEGORY

National

70,000 detained, 32,000 arrested since July 15, justice minister says

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ announced on Wednesday that Turkey has detained a total of 70,000 people and arrested 32,000 on over coup charges since...

Turkish intelligence agency dismisses 87 officials over alleged Gülen links

A total of 87 out of 141 National Intelligence Organization (MİT) officials who were suspended following a failed coup attempt on July 15 were...

113 police officers, 7 academics detained in Turkey for ties to Gülen

A total of 106 police officers and seven academics were detained in Çorum and Trabzon provinces on Tuesday over alleged links to the Gülen...

Turkey arrests another pro-Kurdish party mayor on terrorism charges

Mayor of the İdil district of the southeastern province of Şırnak Mehmet Muhdi Aslan, who was removed from his post last week by Turkey’s...

Leaked email shows media mogul Doğan bowing to Erdoğan

As hacker group RedHack continues to publish the hacked emails of Turkey’s energy minister and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law Berat Albayrak, the details...

Alleged founder argues clandestine military organization JİTEM does not exist

Retired Brig. Gen. Veli Küçük argued on Monday that the clandestine military organization known as JİTEM, or Gendarmerie Intelligence and Counterterrorism, does not exist,...

Senior AKP figure allegedly said he would decapitate own son if he were coup plotter

Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman Yasin Aktay told family members of soldiers who were arrested due to their alleged involvement in a...

CHP: We’ll welcome the president in Parliament with respect

As the start of the new legislative year approaches in Turkey, the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has announced that they will welcome...

Demirtaş says European Parliament could take initiative in peace process

Meeting with European officials in Brussels on Tuesday, pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party Co-chairman Selahattin Demirtaş urged the European Parliament (EP) to take the initiative...

Ahmet Özal’s leaked email shows trustees not appointed by courts in Turkey

An email written by Ahmet Özal, son of the late President Turgut Özal, to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's son-in-law Berat Albayrak, asking for an...

CHP takes gov’t decree No. 669 to Constitutional Court for cancellation

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Tuesday took some articles of government decree No. 669, issued during a state of emergency declared...

Eleven other military officers detained over alleged Gülen links in Turkey

Eleven military officers including colonels and majors were detained on Tuesday over alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Doğan news agency has reported. According...

Latest news