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Deputy PM says terror attacks increased due to June 7 election results

Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli has claimed that terror attacks in Turkey have increased because the Turkish people did not give sufficient support to...

Erdoğan spokesman: Turkey will not ignore Iran’s efforts to penetrate region

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has responded to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's advisor Ali Akbar Velayati, who said the...

Another Twitter user detained in Turkey for praising Gülen movement

A popular Twitter user under the pseudonym of @bibicimsifirladim was identified and detained in İstanbul on Wednesday for posting tweets that praise the Gülen movement,...

Man suspected of setting critical thespian’s arts center on fire detained

A man named M.A. Aligül, who is suspected of having set an arts center in İstanbul's Kadıköy district belonging to famous critical thespian Müjdat...

1,970 including 56 children killed in work-related accidents in Turkey in 2016

A total of 1,970 people including 56 children lost their lives in workplace accidents in Turkey in 2016, according to a new report released...

Turkey, Iran officials squabble on eve of Syrian peace talks in Geneva

Turkish-Iranian relations have been strained over an exchange of words between officials of the two neighboring countries days before the Syrian peace talks in...

Pianist arrested for insulting President Erdoğan

Turkish pianist Dengin Ceyhan was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in social media posts. He had been in detention since...

[UPDATE] Newly released HDP deputy Baluken arrested in Ankara

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy İdris Baluken, who was recently released from jail, was arrested in Ankara on Tuesday after a Diyarbakır court...

Major says no one in Erdoğan assassination attempt trial has links to Gülen

One of 37 officers who are standing trial on charges of taking part in an assassination attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a...

6 students dancing to Kurdish music released after brief detention in Aydın

Six students from the Aydın Anadolu İmam-Hatip High School were released on Monday following a brief detention for dancing to Kurdish music in class. According...

Bus company offers free trips for ‘yes’ voters in referendum

The owner of the Metro Transportation company, controversial businessman Galip Öztürk, announced on Twitter on Monday that his company is offering free bus trips...

Coup commanders: We received orders from HQ and were trapped

Brig. Gen. Gökhan Şahin Sönmezateş, the commander of the team that targeted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s hotel in Marmaris on the night of a...

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