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Merkel says Turkey must put an end to ‘unacceptable’ Nazi remarks against Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has responded to recent comments made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accusing Merkel of engaging in Nazi tactics, saying...

Work-related accidents in construction result in 1,754 fatalities over 5 years

The Confederation of Revolutionary Workers' Unions (DİSK) said 1,754 workers have died in the last five years in construction sector work accidents in Turkey,...

HRW says crackdown on Kurdish politicians interferes with rights of voters

Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based international nongovernmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights, said an ongoing crackdown on democratically elected...

HDP deputy Taşdemir detained in Ağrı province

A deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Dilan Dirayet Taşdemir, was detained on Monday in her house in Ağrı's Doğubeyazıt district in...

Dozens of Twitter accounts blocked in Turkey by court

An Ankara court has blocked access to dozens of Twitter accounts in Turkey which are critical of the Turkish government or President Recep Tayyip...

Interior Ministry says 966 detained in anti-Gülen operations since March 13

A total of 966 people were detained in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past week, according to a statement from Turkey’s...

[VIDEO] House intel chair says seen no evidence showing Gülen’s involvement in failed putsch

Head of the US Congress House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes, has said he has not seen any evidence showing the US-based Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah...

[VIDEO] Erdoğan says Europe’s masquerade ball is over

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that Europe’s “masquerade ball’ is over as several European countries are now openly "in the field"...

Dutch horses prove to be a burr under Erdoğan’s saddle

Amid a crisis between Ankara and The Hague over the expulsion of a Turkish minister from the Netherlands, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed consternation...

2 soldiers, 6 PKK members killed in clashes

Two soldiers, one of them a captain, were killed in clashes with members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Lice district...

Turkish defense minister calls BND chief ‘blind or deaf’ for Gülen remarks

Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık reacted to a recent statement by German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) chief Bruno Kahl, who said Turkey had failed...

Report: Gov’t ponders purging 90,000 military officers

In a new phase of an investigation into a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, the government plans to probe 90,000 more military...

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