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BBP decides to endorse ‘yes’ vote in referendum, sparking unrest in party

The Grand Unity Party (BBP), one of the small parties in Turkey which is not represented in Parliament, has decided to support a constitutional...

ECtHR rejects suspended Turkish judge’s petition for failing to exhaust domestic remedies

An application filed by Kadriye Çatal, a Turkish judge who was suspended from her post in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on...

Detention warrants issued for 102 people at Agriculture Ministry over Gülen ties

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued detention warrants for 102 people working at the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock over alleged...

TSK says 71 YPG members ‘rendered ineffective’ in Syria in one week

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has announced that a total of 71 People’s Protection Units (YPG) members have been killed in clashes in northern...

[UPDATE] 7 killed in helicopter crash in İstanbul’s Beylikdüzü district

A Sikorsky S-76-type helicopter crashed in İstanbul's Beylikdüzü district on Friday morning after it hit a television tower, killing all seven people on board,...

30 detained across 11 provinces over Gülen links

Thirty people across 11 provinces have been detained as part of an investigation conducted by the Bodrum Chief Public Prosecutor's Office targeting alleged followers...

Journalist Hasan Cemal’s trial over columns on Kurdish settlement process begins

The trial of renowned Turkish journalist Hasan Cemal over his columns in 2013 that dealt with a settlement process for Turkey's long-standing Kurdish problem...

Swiss say no obstacle to Çavuşoğlu’s visit

Despite calls from local authorities, the Swiss government stated on Thursday that there was no reason to ban a planned visit to Zurich by...

Çavuşoğlu talks on phone with Dutch FM amid tension

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu spoke to his Dutch counterpart, Bert Koenders, by phone on Thursday as a crisis over his upcoming visit to...

ECtHR to take up journalist Ilıcak’s case on priority basis

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to examine on a priority basis an application filed by jailed journalist Nazlı Ilıcak’s lawyer...

Supreme Court of Appeals cancels HDP Co-chair Yüksekdağ’s party membership

Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday canceled the party membership of Figen Yüksekdağ, co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), who was...

Putchist general admits coup involvement, denies Gülen link

Brig. Gen. Gökhan Şahin Sönmezateş, who allegedly ordered a group of soldiers to a hotel in Muğla province where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

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