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Purged doctors to be able to work at private hospitals as AKP backtracks on bill

Thousands of doctors who have been fired from their jobs at state-run hospitals as part of a massive purge launched by Turkey’s Justice and...

55,000 Syrians granted Turkish citizenship in past 7 years

A total of 55,000 people of Syrian descent have been granted Turkish citizenship over the past seven years, a deputy from the ruling Justice...

Turkey tops WHO’s highest antibiotic use list in Europe: report

Turkey has ranked the highest in antibiotics use at over 38 defined daily doses (DDD) per 1,000 people in Europe, where the average antibiotic...

145 detention warrants issued, 80 detained over Gülen links in one day

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 145 people and detained 80 of them as part of its post-coup crackdown targeting followers of...

Imam announces candidacy for ruling party mayor in mosque

İmdat Atmaca, an imam in the Ayvacık district of northern Samsun province, announced at the end of Friday prayers last week that he was...

Support for Turkey’s AKP stands at 41 percent, CHP 25 percent: poll

A recent poll conducted in October by the MetroPoll company suggests that in a general election the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) would...

Turkey’s opposition leader wants to hear Khashoggi recording in parliament

Turkey’s main opposition leader, Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, on Tuesday said his party would request the playing in parliament of an...

[UPDATE] Woman who attacked Atatürk monument released on probation

A court has released on probation Çiğdem B., who while dressed in a burqa had attacked a monument of Kemal Atatürk, the founder of...

Prosecutor seeks to proceed against HDP co-chair, deputies for terrorist propaganda

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday requested permission to proceed in a criminal case against Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Pervin Buldan...

Erdoğan: Turkey needs judges, prosecutors who follow orders of state

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a message to newly appointed judges and prosecutors on Monday that the government needs judges and prosecutors...

Presidential decree creates 10,000 more ‘neighborhood watchman’ positions

A new decree issued in Turkey on Monday created 10,000 more positions for “neighborhood watchmen” (bekçi in Turkish) upon the request of President Recep...

Minister says 1,289 sacked from TÜBİTAK since 2013 over Gülen links

Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank announced on Monday that a total of 1,289 people have been fired from the Scientific and...

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