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Photojournalist recounts story of photos that captured the murder of Kurdish student

Photojournalist Abdurrahman Gök, who took a series of photographs showing a university student being shot to death by a police officer during Nevruz celebrations...

28 detained on allegations of funding Gülen-linked schools in Gabon

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 28 people over their alleged financial support for schools founded by entrepreneurs inspired by Fethullah Gülen, a Muslim cleric...

Defense ministry purged 5,587 Turkish military personnel after state of emergency

Turkey's defense ministry dismissed 5,587 members from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on the orders of Defense Minister Hulusi Akar after the expiration of...

Minister: Turkey to buy 10 million doses of coronavirus vaccine from China in December

As the number of coronavirus infections soars in Turkey and around the world, Turkey is considering a purchase in December of at least 10...

Turkish cities running out of hospital beds, ventilators due to surge in coronavirus patients

An increasing number of Turkish cities are running out of hospital beds and ventilators due to the soaring number of coronavirus patients, according to...

Erdoğan silent as Turkey’s far-right leader defends mob boss over threat to opposition leader

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has remained silent as his election ally, Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), defended notorious...

Health records of late purge victim reveal extent of neglect by prison, hospital authorities

Cevheri Güven The health records of former police officer Ahmet Kaplan, who died behind bars from lung cancer on November 10, have exposed the extent...

Mob boss threatens Turkey’s opposition leader over gov’t criticism

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has received a threat from notorious Turkish mafia boss Alaattin Çakıcı after criticizing the...

Erdoğan learned of son-in-law’s resignation from social media, journalist claims

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan learned about the resignation of former finance Minister Berat Albayrak, who is also his son-in-law, from social media, according...

Broadcaster refuses to report on Turkish Health Ministry’s ‘unreliable’ coronavirus data

Turkish broadcaster TELE1 has announced that it will no longer report on the daily coronavirus chart from the Turkish Health Ministry because it does...

Ankara takes new measures against pandemic as country grapples with second wave

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday announced a new set of measures to curb a surge in COVID-19 cases. "Malls,...

Babacan visits family of Kurdish villager allegedly beaten to death, demands justice

Ali Babacan, leader of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), has visited the family of a Kurdish villager who was allegedly beaten to death...

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