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Police keep 6 journalists under custody for 23 days

Six Turkish journalists have been kept in police custody since Dec. 25, according to the Evrensel daily. Police teams detained the six journalists -- DİHA...

Deputy PM says Turkey may hold referendum on executive presidency in April

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has said if proposed constitutional amendments that will officially bring an executive presidential system to Turkey are approved by...

Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk transferred to Elazığ prison

Mardin Mayor Ahmet Turk, who was arrested and sent to İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison on Dec 19, was transferred to a prison in Elazığ...

[PHOTOS] 104 camels show off their wrestling skills in Selçuk

One hundred four camels from the Aegean, Mediterranean and Marmara regions wrestled during the 35th Selçuk Ephesus Camel Wrestling Festival in İzmir province on...

HRW head: Erdoğan, Sisi violate human rights to great extremes

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have violated human rights to great extremes in their own countries as they...

Turkish police say ignoring ‘petty’ crimes amid massive gov’t purge

Can Ataklı, a columnist for the Sözcü daily, argued in his column on Saturday that Turkish police are no longer responding to complaints of...

Purge victim teacher sells traditional çiğ köfte to earn living

Abdullah Korkmaz, a teacher of 18 years, now works for a traditional çiğ köfte vendor in order to make a living. Graduating from Malatya İnönü...

Gov’t removes evolution theory from new school curriculum

Turkey's Education Ministry has removed a chapter on the theory of evolution from a textbook for 12th graders, according to a newly announced curriculum...

Man who killed uncle says he was leader of ‘FETÖ’

A 36-year-old man, Ramazan Kabaağaç, who killed his 69-year-old uncle, Ahmet Kahya, in a public market in Antalya last year, has said in his...

Arrested professor Gözaydın denies secret witness testimony about her appointment

Prominent professor and social scientist İştar Gözaydın, who was arrested on charges of alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in late December, has...

Trustees appointed to 2 more companies in Sakarya in post-coup crackdown

Trustees were appointed on Thursday to two companies in Sakarya province due to their alleged ties to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses...

55 women detained over using ByLock app

Fifty-five women out of 73 for whom the İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants were detained by police on Friday for using...

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