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Homophobic mob attacks annual Mersin Pride Parade: report

A group of homophobic people allegedly from a nationalist youth movement called Köklü Değişim on Sunday attacked scores of people attending the Mersin...

Ankara mayor claims earthquake in İzmir was artificial

Following an earthquake in the Aegean Sea late on Monday afternoon, Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gökçek said it was an artificial quake, implying...

ECtHR rejects suspended Turkish teacher’s petition for failing to exhaust domestic remedies

An application filed by Gökhan Köksal, a Turkish primary school teacher who was removed from his post in the aftermath of a failed coup...

Man who killed 5 relatives claims they were American spies

Atılgan Kömür (29), who early Monday morning killed five of his relatives in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, has said they deserved to...

18 ISIL suspects detained in simultaneous police raids in İstanbul

Eighteen suspects who allegedly have links with the terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were arrested in simultaneous police operations in...

66,000 students forced to relocate after 15 Turkish universities shut down over Gülen links

The Turkish government has since last summer closed down 15 universities across the country over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, forcing...

[UPDATE] Man refused permission by prosecutor to attend daughter’s funeral

The father of a 21-year-old university student who died after jumping off a balcony due to depression over her father’s imprisonment has been denied...

10 sentenced to 11 months in jail for insulting Erdoğan

Ten people, including three members of the Turkish Communist Party (TKP), were sentenced to 11 months, 20 days in prison for allegedly insulting President...

HRW: 18 Gülen supporters tortured, sentenced in unfair Turkmen trial

A Turkmen court sentenced 18 men to up to 25 years in prison on Feb. 8, 2017, in what appears to be a purge...

UN concerned over Greece’s alleged deportation of Turkish asylum seekers

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement on Thursday that the agency is deeply concerned by continued reports about...

Tillerson to travel to Turkey in July to attend 22nd World Petroleum Congress

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to İstanbul in July to attend the 22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC), according to a statement...

Court releases former deputy PM’s son-in-law arrested over Gülen links

Ekrem Yeter, the son-in-law of former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, who was arrested by a court after his detention in Ankara on June...

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