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5 PKK militants killed during military operations in Şemdinli

Five militants from the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed during a military operation in the Şemdinli district of Hakkari province on Friday. According...

Pro-gov’t media lambaste US for congressional hearing on Turkish coup attempt

Several pro-government newspapers in Turkey have lashed out at the US administration for a recent US congressional hearing during which speakers expressed views that...

Renowned Turkish actor Tarık Akan dies of cancer at 66

Legendary Turkish actor Tarık Akan died on Friday morning at the age of 66 at a private hospital in Istanbul where he had been...

Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy co-chairperson arrested in Tokat

Alp Altınörs, deputy co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was arrested along with five others in the central province of Tokat on...

10 killed, 5 wounded in PKK attack near Iran border

Seven village guards, two soldiers and one civilian were killed and three soldiers and two civilians wounded in what appears to be an attack launched by...

Journalist Altan brothers to remain under detention until Sept. 20

Veysel Ok, a lawyer for journalists Mehmet Altan and Ahmet Altan, who were detained on Sept. 10, has said the journalists' period of detention...

[OPINION] Is the Kurdish settlement process warming up?

Berk Uluç After months of almost total isolation, the Turkish government permitted visits to leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan, who is...

Turkish gov’t officials slam Der Spiegel over depiction of Erdoğan as dictator

Officials from the Turkish government have lashed out at German magazine Der Spiegel over a special edition on Turkey in which the country’s president,...

Around 20 detained in operation on DBP office

Police raided the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) provincial office in Hakkari on Thursday and detained around 20 people who have been conducting a...

CHP asks gov’t whether SADAT trained ISIL

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has asked the government about the alleged role of SADAT A.S. International Defense Consulting in training Islamic...

[OPINION] Abundant accusations, little evidence

İsmail Sezgin*/ London The Turkish media – or what is left of it – has already found Fethullah Gülen guilty of the coup attempt on...

Turkish academics victimized by post-coup crackdown unable to find work

Finding themselves unemployed after a government decree shut down more than a dozen universities across Turkey, 2,500 academics are now finding it difficult to...

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