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PM’s chief advisor detained over Gülen links

Birol Erdem, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım’s chief advisor, was detained on Saturday in Ankara as part of a witch-hunt targeting the faith-based Gülen...

Special counsel Mueller to investigate ex-Trump aide Flynn’s Turkey ties

US Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating possible ties between the Trump election campaign and Russia, is expanding his probe into former National...

Father of NBA’s Kanter detained over Gülen links

Turkish police on Friday detained Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kanter, father of NBA Oklahoma City Thunder player Enes Kanter, who the government seeks to arrest...

Turkey denies report that Erdoğan’s NATO summit proposal rejected

Ankara has denied a story published by the German Die Welt newspaper on Wednesday reporting that a group of European countries in NATO led...

German minister to visit Turkey amid İncirlik row

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel will visit Turkey on June 5 amid tension between Ankara and Berlin over a ban on German lawmakers visiting...

Germany revokes ‘lese majeste’ law after Erdoğan’s attempt to have satirist indicted

The German Bundestag on Friday revoked a law protecting heads of state and government from insults that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan invoked in...

Turkish security detail attack on DC protesters puts gun sale to Turkey at risk

The US sale to Turkey of $1.2 million in semiautomatic handguns for use by its security force appears to be in jeopardy due to...

Justice minister: Coup plotters are mocking the judges of the court

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ commented Friday on the testimony of officers standing trial for a failed coup attempt on July 15, saying they were...

[VIDEO] UN urges Turkey to grant access to 3 Gülen followers detained in Malaysia

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has urged Turkey to confirm the whereabouts of three Turkish nationals who were detained in Malaysia at Ankara's...

Army chief’s former advisor: Military ignored tip-offs about possible coup attempts twice

Col. Orhan Yıkılkan, a former chief advisor to Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, has said the General Staff received two tip-offs about...

CHP leader asks party to prepare alternate report on Turkey’s failed coup

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has asked his party to draft an alternate report investigating a failed coup that took...

Woman detained due to Gülen links shortly after delivery in Bursa

Elif Aslaner, a religious education teacher who gave birth to a baby on Wednesday at a private hospital in Bursa, was detained due to...

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