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Ex-President Gül says purge of academics from universities ‘unsettling’

Former President Abdullah Gül has said he feels saddened by the removal of academics from their posts at universities through government decrees and finds...

46 Central Bank, KİK employees detained over ByLock use

Thirty-six employees from the Turkish Central Bank and 10 others from the Public Procurement Authority (KİK) have been detained in Ankara due to their...

[VIDEO] Police use force against academics protesting purges at universities

Turkish police on Friday used pressurized water and pepper spray to disperse a group of people including academics who gathered in front of Ankara...

Erdoğan approves constitutional reforms, referendum to be held on April 16

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has approved an 18-article constitutional reform package, which among other things introduces an executive presidency in Turkey. The reform package will...

Indictment seeks aggravated life sentences for baklava makers over Gülen links

An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks aggravated life sentences and an additional 15 years in jail for businessmen Mustafa Seyidoğlu and Serdar...

Arrested ex-police officer demands judge’s recusal, accuses him of Gülen links

Süleyman Kaçmaz, the deputy police chief in Kocaeli’s Gebze district until he was dismissed and ultimately arrested over alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

Court releases 2 of 4 ISIL suspects caught with 150 kg of explosives in Gaziantep

A court in Turkey's southern Gaziantep province released two of four Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suspects who were caught with...

İHD report: 68 children killed during clashes in eastern, southeastern Turkey in 2016

Sixty-eight children were killed, 150 detained, 40 arrested and six were tortured during clashes between Turkish security forces and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)...

Swindlers use Erdoğan spokesman’s name when promising to get Gülen followers out of prison

Con artists approached people whose family members have been jailed over links to the faith-based Gülen movement following a failed coup in July of...

US VP Pence hails ‘new day’ in relations in call with Turkish PM

The office of the Turkish Prime Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that US Vice President Mike Pence told Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım...

At least 13 imams involved in profiling of Gülen sympathizers in Germany

A German-based Turkish reporter tweeted on Thursday that according to a Nordrhein-Westfalen intelligence agency, 13 imams are involved in illegal profiling of Gülen movement...

[UPDATE] Turkish losses in Syria rise to 69 after Russian airstrike kills 3

The number of Turkish soldiers killed during Operation Euphrates Shield has risen to 69 with the latest losses as a result of Russia’s airstrike...

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