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Turkish police detain 32, search for 239 people over links to Gülen movement

Turkish police detained 32 civil servants and are searching for 239 others under detention warrants issued for them as part of investigations into the...

Gülen lawyer sentenced to 12 years in prison

A court in İzmir province sentenced Fetih Ün, a lawyer who represented Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen between 1990 and1994, to 12 years in...

Pro-Erdoğan columnist calls on Turks to get ready for war with NATO

Ardan Zentürk, a columnist for the pro-government daily Star, has said Turkey will fight a war with NATO, adding that whoever says they "will...

Deputy PM Şimşek claims some circles provoking Turkey economically

Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek on Sunday said some circles have been trying to economically provoke Turkey, claiming that the recent loss of value...

Turkish Deputy PM on NATO scandal: You will not be able to finish off Erdoğan

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesperson Bekir Bozdağ on Saturday said a recent NATO enemy chart incident was the work of “international cooperation”...

Turkish minister: 48,000 jailed, 1,028 companies seized over Gülen links

Amid an ongoing witch-hunt targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said 48,739 people had been jailed and eight holdings and...

Freedom House: Turkey has detained tens of thousands for alleged ByLock use

Freedom House, a US-based independent watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom and democracy around the world, has listed Turkey in its newly...

Jailed German journalist Yücel: Isolation is torture

Turkey's crackdown on journalists will go down in history as a "disgrace," German reporter Deniz Yücel told German daily Die Tageszeitung in a Saturday interview, Deutsche Welle...

Businessman jailed in Turkey hopes justice will prevail sooner or later

Osman Kavala, one of Turkey’s most prominent businessmen and civil society activists, has voiced the hope that “justice will prevail sooner or later” in comments...

Turkish defense minister says purchase of S-400 from Russia ‘complete’

Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli on Sunday said the purchase of the S-400 air defense system from Russia has been completed, underlining that Turkey...

Report: Sweden launches espionage probe into Turkish gov’t representatives

An investigation has been launched into representatives of the Turkish government on suspicion of espionage against opposition circles including sympathizers of the Gülen movement, according to...

Jailed Brig. Gen. Arslan dies at military hospital in Ankara

Jailed Brig. Gen. Yavuz Ekrem Arslan, the former commander of the Manisa 1st Infantry Training Brigade, died on Monday at the Gülhane Military Hospital...

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