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HDP Co-chair Demirtaş ends hunger strike after promises from prison administration

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş and HDP Hakkari deputy Abdullah Zeydan, who began a hunger strike in Edirne Prison on Thursday...

Ülker suspends employees responsible for disputed TV commercial

Turkey’s largest food producer, Ülker, announced on Saturday that it has suspended all employees whose "negligence" led to the airing of a TV commercial...

Turkish academic seeks to enter university as student after post-coup dismissal

A former research assistant at Ankara University’s faculty of law, Cenk Yiğiter, found a way to get around a post-coup witch hunt, as he...

Veteran Turkish actor Halit Akçatepe dies at 79

One of Turkey’s most popular and well-liked actors, Halit Akçatepe, who was under treatment after suffering a stroke last year, died on Friday at...

Veteran soldier’s father says can’t tolerate terrorist remarks due to stance on referendum

The father of a Turkish veteran whose remarks during a campaign rally of the Republican People's Party (CHP) in Kayseri were censored by TV...

40 police officers sent to jail over alleged coup involvement in İstanbul

An İstanbul court on Thursday ruled for the arrest of 40 police officers over alleged involvement in a failed coup last July, the Cumhuriyet...

3 injured in clashes at Turkey’s Brussels consulate

Three people were injured and taken to a hospital after supporters and opponents of the Turkish government clashed outside the country's consulate in central...

Booking.com says it will appeal court decision banning activities in Turkey

Dutch-based online hotel booking platform Booking.com said on Thursday it would appeal a court decision made the previous day that banned its activities in...

Pro-Kurdish HDP’s referendum song banned for ‘inciting hatred’

The Şırnak Governor’s Office has announced that the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) official referendum campaign song, “Bejin Na‘’ (Say No), has been banned...

Pro-gov’t daily calls for investigation of German foundations in Turkey

The pro-government Yeni Şafak daily has called on Turkish authorities to launch an investigation into German foundations in Turkey, claiming that these organizations are...

CoE congress urges strengthening of local democracy in Turkey

The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE) on Wednesday adopted a recommendation and resolution on the situation of...

[UPDATE] 416 reinstated to their posts by new gov’t decree

A total of 416 people from various ministries and public institutions who were dismissed by earlier decrees were reinstated to their posts by a...

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