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District governor detained over ByLock app use

Berkan Sönmezay, district governor of Söğüt in Bilecik province, was detained on Thursday over his alleged use of ByLock, a smart phone application that...

Motion filed against HDP deputy for ‘terror propaganda’

A motion has been filed against pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır deputy Sibel Yiğitalp for “terrorist propaganda” and “explicitly insulting the government of...

Another former deputy resigns from MHP to join Akşener’s new party

Former Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Isparta deputy Süleyman Nevzat Korkmaz resigned from his party to join a new party that will be launched in...

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 Erdoğan acts like a dictator

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

Judge found dead in his İstanbul 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...

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