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Soldier arrested for insulting Atatürk on social media

An İstanbul court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of Spc. Sgt. Erdal Kaya, who allegedly insulted Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on his social...

Austrian FM says ErdoÄŸan acts like a dictator

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan has been acting like a dictator, Deutsche Welle reported on Wednesday. Speaking to Germany's...

Judge found dead in his Ä°stanbul home

Mustafa Yılmaz, an İstanbul judge who was recently transferred to Diyarbakır, was found dead in his home on Tuesday morning. According to CNN Türk, Yılmaz...

Former national team goalkeeper detained over ByLock app use

Ömer Çatkıç, a former Turkish national football team goalkeeper, was detained on Tuesday over using the ByLock smartphone application, which Turkish authorities believe is...

AKP deputy calls on prosecutors to investigate NATO base over coup

Burhan Kuzu, a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK) and an AKP İstanbul deputy, has...

3 PKK militants loading explosives into vehicle killed

Three outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists who were loading explosives into a car that was destroyed by Turkish security forces have been killed...

Detention warrants issued for 119 people linked to Gülen schools

Turkish authorities issued detention warrants on Monday for 119 people who used to work for private schools in Ankara that were shuttered by the...

University of Oslo grants Human Rights Award to academic Gözaydın

The University of Oslo (UIO) has granted the Human Rights Award for 2017 to Turkish academic and activist Professor İştar Gözaydın for her efforts...

Russian news agency: US sends 60 trucks of military equipment to SDF

Amid statements from Ankara about a possible cross-border operation into areas in northern Syria controlled by Kurdish forces, the Sputnik news agency on Monday...

Akhanlı’s lawyer does not expect his repatriation to Turkey

The lawyer of German-Turkish author Doğan Akhanlı, who was released on Sunday after a brief detention by Spanish police at Turkey’s request on Saturday,...

27 PKK militants ‘neutralized’ in one week

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that a total of 27 outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists have been neutralized across Turkey over...

Another journalist jailed in Turkey due to social media posts

Pro-Kurdish Dihaber news agency reporter Mehmet Sıddık Damar was put in pretrial detention over his social media posts on Friday. According to Turkish media, Damar visited...

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