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8 security force members, 5 PKK militants killed in clashes in SE Turkey

Six soldiers and two village guards were killed on Thursday in clashes with Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists in the southeastern province of Hakkari,...

NYT says jailed Turkish-Iranian gold trader Zarrab may plead guilty

Reza Zarrab, a Turkish gold trader who has been charged in Manhattan with conspiring to violate US sanctions on Iran, may be prepared to...

Turkish tech journalist released after brief detention over Gülen ties

Prominent technology journalist M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu was released after a brief detention on Wednesday over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government...

Visually impaired journalist’s letter shows he can barely survive in prison

A letter sent by visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who was sent to prison last July due to alleged links to the Gülen...

Turkish court arrests businessman and civil activist Kavala

Amid international calls for his release, an Istanbul court on Tuesday put businessmen and civil activist Osman Kavala, who was detained on Oct. 18,...

Turkish court rules Cumhuriyet daily journalists to remain in jail

An İstanbul court on Tuesday ruled that Cumhuriyet daily journalists who were arrested on Nov. 12, 2016 on terror charges will continue to remain...

Iraqi forces take control of Habur border gate

Peshmerga forces belonging to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) handed over control of the İbrahim Halil border gate at Habur with Turkey to Iraqi...

Kılıçdaroğlu to Erdoğan: State is not a mafia that threatens family of a mayor

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday strongly criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over his pressure on mayors to resign,...

Investigation launched into CHP deputy who called Erdoğan a ‘fascist dictator’

The Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday launched an investigation into Bülent Tezcan, deputy chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), who...

Tearful Balıkesir Mayor Uğur resigns in the face of threats to his family

Ahmet Edip Uğur, the mayor of Balıkesir, on Monday resigned in tears under mounting pressure exerted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, saying that the...

CHP deputy chair: Erdoğan is a fascist dictator

Bülent Tezcan, deputy chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), on Monday said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was a “fascist dictator,"...

[OPINION] Rupture in US-Turkey cooperation on law enforcement

by Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his neo-nationalist backers led by Doğu Perinçek have deliberately set a scheme in a motion to...

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