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If not Iraq and IKRG, Turkey will do what is needed in Sinjar

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım called on Baghdad and Arbil to take action against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) presence in Sinjar, Iraq,...

Police officer suspended due to Gülen links commits suicide

A police officer who was suspended from his job due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement committed suicide on Saturday shortly after...

Persistent academic protester among 649 recently purged

Academic Nuriye Gülmen, who was detained dozens of times for protesting dismissal from her university position, has been purged from the civil service along...

Turkey to cancel licenses of media outlets disobeying gag orders

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) will be able cancel licenses of Turkish media outlets as part of new decrees issued on Friday...

CHP deputy claims fraudulent voting by ruling AKP deputies in Parliament

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) parliamentary group deputy chairman Levent Gök has said ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputies cast votes on...

Canadian-Turkish national under custody in Turkey for insulting Erdoğan

Ece Heper, a 50-year-old Canadian-Turkish national, has joined the ranks of those who are being punished for "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Arriving in Turkey...

Erdoğan says Turkey will grant citizenship to some Iraqi, Syrian refugees

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey would grant citizenship to some of the millions of Syrian and Iraqi refugees currently living in Turkey, while...

Orthodox citizens celebrate Epiphany in İstanbul

Epiphany celebrations were held in the waters of İstanbul’s Golden Horn on Jan. 6, a major religious holiday for Orthodox Christians. Following tradition, Greek Orthodox...

Zaman journalist denied medical treatment in Silivri Prison

The Ankara representative for the now-closed Zaman daily, Mustafa Ünal, who is among the dozens of journalists arrested in the aftermath of a failed...

Doğan says holding’s executives have no links to Gülen movement

Doğan Holding owner and honorary president Aydın Doğan has reacted against the detention of two holding executives on Thursday due to their alleged links...

Gov’t-appointed Diyarbakır mayor dismisses municipal theater performers

Cumali Atilla, a trustee appointed by the government to administer the eastern province of Diyarbakır, fired actors employed by the municipal-funded city theater. The government...

21 Kurdish politicians, including 2 mayors, arrested on terrorism charges

Twenty-one people, including the district mayors of the Viranşehir and Bozova municipalities in the eastern province of Şanlıurfa were arrested by a Turkish court...

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