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Justice minister: Referendum expected to be held on April 16

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Thursday that a referendum on a constitutional package introducing an executive presidency in Turkey is expected to...

Fight against ISIL tops CIA director’s agenda during visit to Ankara

US Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo paid a visit to Ankara on Thursday where he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime...

Kılıçdaroğlu says Russia should do more than extend condolences

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu reacted on Thursday to a statement by Russia over the killing of three Turkish soldiers...

6 Turks who crossed river to Greece seeking asylum

Greece police announced on Thursday that six Turkish citizens who fled to Greece by crossing the Maritsa River, which serves as the border between...

Protest held in support of latest group of purged academics

A group of civil society organizations in Ankara held a protest on Thursday in support of 330 academics who were dismissed as a result...

19 muhtars, 40 village guards removed from posts on terror charges in Bitlis

Nineteen muhtars and 40 village guards have been removed from their posts on charges of terrorism in the eastern province of Bitlis. The muhtars...

Erdoğan admits AKP failed to do well in education, the arts over last 14 years 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has admitted that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has failed to do well in the fields of education...

Court rules for continuation of journalist Parıldak’s imprisonment

An Ankara court on Thursday ruled for continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, who has been behind bars for six months. Parıldak, a...

Police chief detained on drug dealing allegations

A senior police chief in İstanbul was detained again on Wednesday after a prosecutor objected to his previous release in an investigation into drug...

Turkey loses 61 soldiers in Syria since Aug. 24

With a statement from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on Wednesday saying that another five soldiers were killed by the Islamic State in Iraq...

13 high-ranking officers arrested over Gülen links in Mardin-based operation

Thirteen out of 20 high-ranking military officers who were recently detained as part of a Mardin-based operation across 12 provinces were arrested on Wednesday...

[OPINION] Did Erdoğan dispatch warships to Myanmar?

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkey’s Islamist rulers have not only spread fabricated news and planted false stories in the Turkish media, which is now pretty much controlled...

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