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Former Boydak chairman released pending trial

Hacı Boydak, the former chairman of the government-targeted Boydak Holding was released pending trial on Tuesday. Boydak, along with three other company executives, had been detained...

103 detained in gov’t-led operations against Gülen movement across Turkey

Police officers detained 103 people as part of an İzmir and Manisa based operation carried out in four other provinces early on Tuesday, in...

Several wounded in blast near military barracks in İstanbul

At least five people have been wounded in a blast that took place near military barracks in Sancaktepe district, in the Asian side of...

Davutoğlu announces he will step down as Turkey’s prime minister

Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu announced on Thursday that he will step down as the country's prime minister and Justice and Development Party (AK...

Renowned intellectual Belge appears in court on charges of insulting Erdoğan

Murat Belge, a well-known Turkish writer, columnist and human rights activist, appeared at an İstanbul court on Tuesday over charges of insulting Turkey's President...

Commission adopts AK Party proposal on immunities amid fistfight among deputies

A controversial proposal by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on lifting immunities of lawmakers were adopted by a parliamentary commission on Monday night...

PKK attacks military post in Hakkari, 2 soldiers killed

At least two soldiers were killed after a group of terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attacked a military post in the Şemdinli...

Former rector, academics among 23 detained in new gov’t witch hunt operation

Twenty-three people, including academics and a former rector, were detained in three provinces on Monday as part of a government-backed witch hunt operation targeting...

Police seize boxes of legal briefs on Koza İpek takeover to prevent ECtHR application

Turkish police seized boxes full of legal briefs, belonging to Cafer Tekin İpek, the brother of Koza İpek Holding chairman Akın İpek, on the...

207 detained during May Day celebrations in İstanbul, report says

A total of 207 people were detained in İstanbul as police clashed with protesters during May Day celebrations, according to a news report. Police intervened...

6 security force members killed, dozens injured in terror attacks

Six members of Turkish security forces were killed and dozens of others were injured in three separate terrorist attacks on Sunday.  Two police officers died...

Marked by Obama message, Int’l Festival of Language and Culture takes stage in Washington

Children from different countries took stage at Washington DC's largest concert hall, DAR Constitution Hall, as part of the 14th International Festival of Language...

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