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Columnist claims Erdoğan’s team doctored tapes to defame opposition leaders

A columnist for the Aydınlık daily, which is affiliated with the ultranationalist Homeland Party (VP) of Doğu Perinçek, claimed on Friday that a team...

Prosecutor: Most officers affiliated with Gülen did not take part in July 15

Despite President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) having blamed the Gülen movement for a failed coup on July...

US senator, former CIA director among high-profile figures named in Turkish criminal complaint

A group of Turkish lawyers have filed criminal complaints with the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against 17 prominent US figures on allegations of...

Erdoğan says arrest of Zarrab, Halkbank executive in US not fair

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he does not see as fair the arrest of Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab and Halkbank Deputy General...

3 consecutive life sentences sought for prominent journalists on coup charges

An indictment drafted by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office seeks three consecutive life sentences for 16 people, including prominent Turkish journalists, on coup...

Erdoğan says extradition of Die Welt journalist impossible as long as he is in power

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the extradition of Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel, who was jailed in Turkey in February, to Germany will...

Turkey is no longer a country governed by rule of law, says new report by SCF

In a new report unveiled on Friday as part of a continuing series that focuses on human rights violations and arbitrariness in the application...

Erdoğan says state of emergency to be extended when expires

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said a state of emergency that went into effect in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on...

Turkish FM denies he violated election law by holding rallies in Germany

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has denied that he violated Turkey's election law by holding a political rally at a Turkish diplomatic mission in...

Turkish minister files lawsuit against Dutch gov’t over her deportation

Turkey's Family and Social Policy Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya has filed a lawsuit against the Dutch government over her deportation from the Netherlands...

Istanbul Municipality worker: Naysayers’ wives, daughters permitted as sex slaves

As political tension escalates ahead of a critical referendum on Sunday on a switch to an executive presidency, a worker at the Istanbul Municipality...

Mayor threatens to fire municipal workers if they vote ‘no’

Ökkeş Namlı, mayor of the Düziçi Municipality in Osmaniye province, has threatened to fire municipal workers if they vote "no" in a referendum on...

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