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CHP applies to election authority for cancellation of April 16 referendum

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has applied to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) demanding the cancellation of a referendum held on April...

Prosecutor who stopped MİT trucks in 2014 detained over coup involvement

Yaşar Kavalcıoğlu, one of the prosecutors who gave the order to stop National Intelligence Organization (MİT) trucks that were suspected of illegally transporting weapons...

US says notes concerns of OSCE in Turkey referendum

The US State Department said on Monday it had taken note of concerns expressed by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)...

Bursa man jailed for wearing pro-Kurdistan T-shirt while casting vote

Hakan T., a Kurdish civilian, was arrested by a Bursa court on Monday for wearing a T-shirt featuring an independent Kurdistan map while voting...

EU says waiting for OSCE’s Turkish referendum assessment

Three top EU officials issued a joint statement on Sunday night after a constitutional reform package seeking to introduce an executive presidency was approved...

Children of suspect soldier detained in post-coup crackdown

Two children of Nejat Atilla Demirhan, a member of the military who is under arrest on coup charges, have also been jailed. A Mersin court...

Erdoğan calls on people to drive the West and ‘terrorists’ crazy

In the last day of his nonstop propaganda campaign for "yes" votes in Sunday's referendum on a switch to an executive presidency, President Recep...

Police kill 2 in car chase in Istanbul

Police fired at a car after the driver failed to heed an order to stop, killing two young men and injuring two others in...

Erdoğan confident of winning, opposition urges people to vote

While main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu says the “no” votes are ahead, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed that opinion polls...

US State Department watching, following, monitoring Turkey ‘very closely’

Mark Toner, spokesman for the US Department of State, reiterated many times at a press briefing on Thursday that the United States is “monitoring,”...

Germany says 100 of its citizens barred from entering Turkey since January

The German Foreign Ministry has announced that a total of 100 German citizens have been barred from entering Turkey since the beginning of 2017...

Erdoğan cleric says voting ‘yes’ in referendum is Islamic obligation

Hayrettin Karaman, a leading theologian and issuer of fatwas, or religious edicts, for ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) circles and Turkish President Recep...

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