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Hürriyet daily reporter Canikligil detained in İstanbul

Razi Canikligil, Hürriyet daily New York reporter, was detained in Atatürk Airport reportedly due to his social media posts late on Monday. Canikligil have been...

Octogenarian among detainees in gov’t witch hunt targeting Gülen movement

Octogenarian identified by initials A.B. was among the six people detained as part of a government-initiated and Gümüşhane-based operation targeting Gülen movement, a grassroots...

PACE report says seizure of newspapers done irreparable harm to media freedom in Turkey

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) report has stated that appointment of trustees to critical newspapers to take over the management...

Türksat to drop critical Can Erzincan TV on July 16 in gov’t-led move

Can Erzincan TV -- a station known for its critical stance against the government -- will be removed from the Turkish Satellite Communications Company...

Court rules for arrest of academic and 2 journalists for “terrorism propaganda”

An İstanbul court on Monday ruled for arrest of academic and human rights activist Şebnem Korur Fincancı, writer and journalist Ahmet Nesin and journalist...

Man opens fire on pro-Kurdish HDP office in İstanbul

A man opened fire using a shotgun on the office building of pro-Kurdish Peoples’Democratic Party (HDP) in the Başakşehir district of İstanbul on Monday. The...

Independent news agency MuhabirAjans kicks off in Turkey

MuhabirAjans, a new independent news agency service of Turkey, has been launched in the Ankara capital to provide national and local media with accurate...

Erdoğan says both Radiohead party and attack were wrong

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that both the Radiohead party and the attack on it were wrong. At album celebration event held in...

Bomb attack in Mardin province injures 4

Four people were injured in a bomb attack in Kızıltepe district of province on Sunday. Turkish media reported that an unidentified person throw a bomb...

Police intervene with LGBT pride marchers after governor’s office ban

Turkish police on Sunday intervened with LGBT pride marchers who gathered in İstanbul’s Beyoğlu after İstanbul Governor’s Office banned the march over “security concerns.” The...

Prosecutor claims 15 foreign suicide bombers sent from Syria to Turkey

The prosecutor, who launched an investigation into the anti-terror operation carried out in Diyarbakır on Oct. 26, 2015 -- where seven the Islamic State...

3 suspects detained over attack on Radiohead party released

Three suspects, who were detained on Saturday over an attack on a Radiohead party in İstanbul, were released on Sunday. While one of the suspects...

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