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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...

[UPDATE] HDP Şanlıurfa deputy Öcalan released after brief detention

As a crackdown on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) continues, HDP Şanlıurfa deputy Dilek Öcalan was released on...

Court frees 8 colonels detained on coup charges, including Erdoğan’s former military aide

Eight colonels, including President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's former chief military aide, Staff Col. Bekir Furkan Özdaban,who were detained as part of an investigation into...

22 İTÜ staff including academics arrested over Gülen links

Twenty-two out of 28 administrative and academic staff members from İstanbul Technical University (İTÜ) who were referred to court for arrest on Monday due...

Three more social media users arrested for insulting Erdoğan

An Ankara court has ruled for the arrest of A.Ş., A.K. and N.K. for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, according...

Turkey’s first headscarved military pilot is on her way

Twenty-three-year-old Merve Gürbüz is the first headscarved woman to be admitted to the training program of the Air Forces Academy in Turkey. The pro-government Yeni...

28 military officers detained in anti-Gülen operations

Twenty-eight military officers were detained on Monday as part of ongoing operations targeting the followers of the faith-based Gülen movement due to their use...

Court rejects indictment against fashion designer due to lack of credible evidence

An İstanbul court has rejected an indictment against fashion designer Barbaros Şansal that sought a jail term of up to three years on the...

Turkish military to enlist 30,000 new personnel after purge

Amid criticism that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is pushing the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) away from NATO, Defense Minister Fikri Işık...

Minister says 90-95 percent of nation says ‘yes’ to executive presidency

Turkish Minister of Development Lütfi Elvan has said as much as 90 to 95 percent of the Turkish nation approves of a constitutional reform...

MHP’s Bahçeli calls emergency party meeting

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on Saturday called an emergency party meeting as Turkey gets ready to vote in a referendum on...

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