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Turkey’s opposition leader assaulted at martyr’s funeral

Turkey’s main opposition party leader on Sunday was physically attacked by a group at the funeral of a Turkish soldier who was killed by terrorists, the...

Investigation launched into police officers who harassed elderly female protestors

An investigation has been launched into the police officers who forcibly removed the mothers of inmates on a hunger strike after they attempted to hold a...

4 Turkish soldiers killed during clashes on Iraqi border

Four Turkish soldiers were killed during clashes with terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants on the Turkish-Iraqi border on Friday, according to a statement from the Turkish...

AKP seeks to cancel votes of purged civil servants in İstanbul election

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Saturday submitted a petition to the country's top election authority asking it to cancel the votes of civil...

Turkish court removes ban on LGBTI activities in Ankara

An Ankara appeals court has reversed a ban on LGBTI activities imposed by the Ankara Governor’s Office, the Diken news website reported on Friday. The ban was put...

Turkish court blocks new mayor’s instruction to copy, inspect municipal databases

An İstanbul administrative court has blocked a decision by Ekrem İmamoğlu to allow for duplication of the municipal databases for purposes of examination, Euronews Turkish service reported...

Let’s leave election debates behind, focus on economy, security: Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday said Turkey needs to leave election debates behind and focus on the country’s real agenda starting with the economy and...

Police forcibly remove mothers of inmates on hunger strike to prevent sit-in

Turkish police on Friday forcibly removed the mothers of inmates on a hunger strike after they attempted to hold a sit-in in front of Gebze Prison...

8 Turkish journalists to start serving prison sentences

Turkey is about to send eight journalists and media staff to prison after their sentences were upheld by an appeals court, the Medyascope news website reported on...

Presidency takes over control of Turkey’s Anadolu news agency

The Presidential Communications Directorate has taken control of Turkey’s state news agency, according to a presidential decree in the Official Gazette on Friday. The presidential body is...

Company executive in Turkey’s worst mining disaster released from prison

Can Gürkan, an executive of a mining company in the western Turkish city of Soma in Manisa province, where Turkey’s worst mining disaster took place in...

Child participation in workforce rises to 21.1 percent in Turkey

The participation of children in the workforce in Turkey has risen to 21.1 percent in 2018 from 20.3 percent the previous year, according to data from...

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