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Bedridden mother dies after daughter arrested over links to Gülen movement

Eighty-six-year-old bedridden Fahriye Asrak died on Thursday after her daughter Nejla Akdağ was arrested by a court over links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...

Turkey launches ‘peace operations’ with 80,000 police officers across country

A countrywide “peace operation” was launched late on Friday as security teams set up checkpoints on roads, neighborhoods and ports across Turkey. According to a...

German Left Party says Turkey has blocked visit to HDP co-chairs since November

Bernd Riexinger, co-chair of the German Left Party (Die Linke), said on Friday that attempts of German politicians to visit arrested pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic...

‘Presidential system of governance’ published in Turkey’s Official Gazette

The presidential system of governance, or executive presidency, in Turkey that was introduced as part of a constitutional amendment package and passed by Parliament...

Once declaring it a menace, Erdoğan starts campaigning on Twitter

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has launched a campaign for a referendum on constitutional amendments likely to take place on April 16 on Twitter, which...

Turkey recalls spying imams from Germany

As a result of investigations into imams who spied on Gülen movement sympathizers in Germany, Turkey has decided to recall some of the imams...

Turks and Ukrainians to cross borders with only ID cards

Turkey and Ukraine have agreed to allow their respective citizens to cross mutual borders with only identity cards, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said...

TSK denies Russian claim about wrong coordinates of Turkish troops in al-Bab

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) released a statement on Friday in which it denied Russian claims that three Turkish soldiers were mistakenly killed in...

Erdoğan signals reinstatement of death penalty after referendum

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has revealed plans to reinstate the death penalty in Turkey following a public referendum that will be held on April...

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...

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