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Prosecutor asks for aggravated life sentence for leading HDP politician

A prosecutor in eastern Bingöl province on Tuesday demanded an aggravated life sentence and 15 years on a separate charge for leading Peoples’ Democratic...

Turkish businessman arrested over Gülen links dies of heart attack in jail

One of the owners of Uğur Cooling, Ünal Takmaklı, 77, who was jailed on July 28 as part of an ongoing crackdown on followers...

Health Minister Akdağ calls birth control ‘primitive’ in response to inquiry

Turkey's Health Minister Recep Akdağ has said his ministry does not conduct any work on birth control, which he described as a "primitive" method,...

Turkish court accepts indictment against pro-Kurdish HDP deputies

A court in the western province of İzmir on Monday accepted an indictment against the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), including Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ,...

Turkish President Erdoğan says improving ties with Israel vital

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday that the normalization of relations between Israel and Turkey is important for the entire region. According to...

UN sends aid to Syria from Turkish border

A United Nations delegation was at Cilvegözü, a border gate to Syria, on Monday sending humanitarian aid to Syria. Ramesh Rajasingham, UN deputy regional humanitarian...

2 soldiers killed in PKK attack in Tunceli

Two soldiers were killed in a clash between Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists and Turkish security forces in the eastern province of Tunceli on...

11th body retrieved from mine collapse in Siirt, search continues for 5 missing

The death toll rose as search and rescue teams on Sunday retrieved an 11th body from a copper mine that collapsed in southeastern Turkey...

Pro-gov’t daily claims Fethullah Gülen monitored his followers with telescope

US-based Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen had a “rocket-resistive” building near İstanbul’s famed Çamlıca Hills, where he constantly “monitored his followers with a telescope,” the...

Gov’t appoints trustee to Bitlis Municipality after removal of co-mayors

Turkey's Interior Ministry has appointed Bitlis Governor Ahmet Çınar as a trustee to the Bitlis Municipality, whose co-mayors were recently removed by the government. Democratic...

54 detained in Hatay for ByLock use in anti-Gülen operation

Fifty-four people including civil servants, doctors, workers, businessmen and teachers were detained in an operation in the southern province of Hatay on Sunday, which...

CHP district building in Kayseri damaged in suspected arson attack

A building housing the Hacılar district branch of the Republican People's Party (CHP) in the central province of Kayseri was severely damaged in an...

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