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Report: 2 Syrian refugees registered as voters in Batman

Two Syrian refugees are registered as voters in the southeastern city of Batman, the Evrensel daily reported. According to the report, Mehmet Karabaş came across...

Academic sentenced to 11 months in jail for insulting Erdoğan

Suay Karaman, an academic at the Ankara-based Gazi University and the general secretary of the Association of Academic Staff (TÜMÖD), was sentenced on Friday...

Turkey detains 2 more nephews of US-based scholar Fethullah Gülen

A total of 16 suspects including two nephews of US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen were detained on Friday as part of an investigation into...

Ex-businessman purge victim detained over Gülen links while working in restaurant

Once one of the partners of the İzmir-based private FEM preparation schools, A.D. was detained while working as a takeout packer at a grill...

[UPDATE] CHP’s Türkmen resigns from parliamentary post over high official postage bills

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Elif Doğan Türkmen resigned on Saturday from Parliament’s Presidential Council after mounting reactions over her high official...

Death toll in Kayseri attack rises to 15 with loss of another soldier

The number of soldiers killed in a terrorist attack in the central province of Kayseri last December rose to 15 when one of the...

Germany turns down Turkey’s calls to reject asylum applications of Turkish officers

German authorities have turned down calls from Turkey to reject asylum applications from 40 high-ranking Turkish officers, saying that the officers' applications will be...

Turkey’s annualized inflation hits 9.22 percent in January 2017

Turkey‘s inflation rate increased in January by 2.46 percent over the previous month, with the consumer price index coming in at an annualized 9.22...

33 police officers arrested in operations across Turkey on coup charges

A total of 33 police officers were arrested on Thursday over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government blames for a failed...

Former deputy alleges AKP deceit in changes made to legislation

A former Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy has claimed that deception on the part of the ruling party was involved in unannounced changes...

Merkel urges Erdoğan to uphold freedom of opinion, press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she stressed the importance of press freedom and freedom of opinion in Turkey during talks with President Tayyip...

Officer who accompanied army chief on Kardak visit detained over Gülen ties

A military officer who was likely to become Turkey's first female general has been detained due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement...

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