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German daily says Erdoğan to hold referendum rally in Germany in March

German daily Bild has claimed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will hold a rally in the heavily Turkish-populated state of North-Rhine Westphalia in...

Amnesty: Civil society under massive crackdown in Turkey, Gülen movement main target

An annual report released by Amnesty International on Wednesday has said a failed coup attempt in July prompted a massive crackdown on civil society...

Headscarf ban among TSK personnel, military students removed

Turkey's General Staff has sent a letter to the force commands in which it removes a ban on Islamic headscarves among Turkish Armed Forces...

Islamic scholar Gülen’s lawyer detained in İstanbul

Orhan Erdemli, a lawyer who represented Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen for many years, was detained in İstanbul on Wednesday. Many family members and people close...

Court rejects insult case filed against Erdoğan, citing right to free speech

An Ankara court has rejected an insult case filed by renowned Professor Baskın Oran against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for remarks he made to...

Arrested local governor: I passed state interview after giving Erdoğan’s son as reference

Ali Türk, the former local governor of Malatya's Darende district who was arrested on Monday over links to the faith-based Gülen movement, said he...

Security forces beat 39 villagers at blockaded Koruköy square, set houses on fire

Turkish security forces blockaded a village in Nusaybin district of Mardin province beaten thirty nine villagers in front of others at the village square...

Police strip jailed purge victim, beat for 22 days, threaten to rape wife

O.K., a purge victim in Zonguldak province who was detained on Aug. 1 of last year over links to the faith-based Gülen movement, was...

Soldier in coup trial retracts statements, claiming pressure while in custody

One of 37 officers who are standing trial on charges of taking part in an assassination attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a...

Kılıçdaroğlu says they know what Erdoğan’s son-in-law does in Iraq

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said in cryptic remarks on Tuesday that they know what President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law...

5-month sentence given to jailed HDP Co-chair Demirtaş over insult charges

A court in eastern Turkey has handed down a prison sentence of five months to jailed pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş...

Whereabouts of jailed pro-Kurdish deputy Encü still unknown: lawyers

Five days after he was arrested at Şırnak Airport, the whereabouts of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ferhat Encü still remain a...

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