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CHP, HDP refuse to participate in HSYK nomination commission

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have refused to send members to a parliamentary commission that is...

Turkey bars entry of critics by including names on list of ISIL suspects

Turkey has been arbitrarily refusing entry to foreign nationals of Turkish origin who are deemed critical of the country’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Armored police vehicle rams into house in Silopi, killing 2 children

An armored police vehicle rammed into a house in the Silopi district of southeastern Şırnak province late on Wednesday, causing the death of two...

Former pro-Kurdish deputy released after 6 months in jail

A high criminal court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Thursday decided to release former pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy Ayla...

MİT submits list of 215,000 ByLock users to prosecutor’s office

Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has determined the names of 215,000 people who downloaded the Bylock smart phone application to their mobile phones, giving...

Greek court blocks 2nd extradition request for Turkish officers

A Greek court on Thursday blocked a second extradition request by Turkey for the final two of eight soldiers who fled to Greece in...

Seized Gülen-linked media outlets sold to pro-gov’t media groups without tender

A number of TV and radio stations that were closed down by the government in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on July...

Turkey says impossible to restore Wikipedia access unless content rulings implemented

Turkish Telecommunications Authority (BTK) head Ömer Fatih Sayan said on Wednesday that it is impossible to restore public access to Wikipedia unless the decisions...

DİHA reporter sentenced to 9 years on World Press Freedom Day

Mehmet Güleş, a reporter for the Dicle New Agency, which was closed by the government following a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15,...

CHP to file criminal complaint against YSK members

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Wednesday said they would file a criminal complaint about members of the Supreme Election Board (YSK)...

Amnesty projects names of jailed journalists on Turkish Embassy building

Amnesty International on Tuesday night projected the names of imprisoned Turkish journalists onto the facade of the Turkish Embassy in The Hague. The protest came...

Putin announces previously strained Turkish-Russian relations now normalized

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday that strained relations between Ankara and Moscow have now been normalized as his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip...

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