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First Turkish case of COVID-19 revealed by health minister: report

Turkey confirmed on Tuesday its first novel coronavirus case and said the affected person was a Turkish man who had been put into isolation in a...

Court arrests 19 university students over Gülen links amid torture claims: report

A Turkish court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of 19 university students on charges of membership in the Gülen movement, which is accused of orchestrating a...

Turkey hopes for updated refugee deal with EU: minister

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said a 2016 refugee deal between Turkey and the European Union needs to be updated, expressing Ankara's hopes to reach...

EU to resettle some 1,500 refugee children amid migrant crisis at Turkish-Greek border: report

The EU has said it will rehouse up to 1,500 child refugees living in Greek camps amid a standoff between Brussels and Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip...

Ousted Diyarbakır mayor sentenced to 9 years in prison on terrorism charges

A Turkish court on Monday sentenced Selçuk Mızraklı, the former mayor of the predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakır, to nine years, four months, 15 days in prison...

Turkish police use tear gas to break up Women’s Day march in İstanbul

Turkish police fired tear gas and plastic bullets to break up a crowd of several thousand women who gathered in central İstanbul on Sunday evening for...

80 university students detained over Gülen links subjected to torture: report

Eighty university students who were detained in police operations on the morning of Feb. 28 due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement...

Court arrests news website editor for reporting on funeral of intel officer killed in Libya

A Turkish court on Friday arrested Barış Pehlivan, the editor-in-chief of the OdaTV news website, for violating the intelligence agency law by reporting on the funeral...

Turkey, Russia announce ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib region: report

Turkey and Russia announced a ceasefire in northern Syria on Thursday, agreeing to end weeks of heavy fighting that sparked a humanitarian disaster and raised fears...

Erdoğan’s job approval rating continued its decline in February: poll

The public approval rating of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan fell to 41.1 percent in February, a Turkish polling company said Thursday, indicating a steady decline since...

Turkey orders detention of 115 suspects as part of post-coup Gülen crackdown

Turkish prosecutors in İzmir, Adana and Bolu have ordered the detention of 115 suspects as part of a large-scale crackdown targeting followers of the Gülen movement,...

[UPDATE] Journalists arrested for revealing name of Turkish intel officer killed in Libya

Two journalists from the OdaTV news website were arrested early Thursday by a court following an investigation into a news report revealing the identity...

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