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Minister Gül on US demand: First time I’ve seen immunity of a mobile

Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül on Sunday reacted to a US demand for the return of the seized mobile phone of Metin Topuz, a...

Officials deny report US to fine Turkish banks billions of dollars for evading Iran sanctions

Turkish officials on Saturday denied reports claiming six Turkish banks face billions of dollars of fines from US authorities over alleged violations of sanctions...

US demanded jailed İstanbul consulate staff member’s cell phone in diplomatic note

US authorities sent a diplomatic note to Turkey on Oct. 10 demanding the return of the seized mobile phone of Metin Topuz, a Turkish...

Erdoğan: I can’t call US civilized after warrants issued for my security guards

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday targeted the US, saying America could not be called a civilized country, at the Civilizations Forum at...

US: Öcalan is not a person worthy of respect

Amid Turkish reactions to the display of a huge poster of Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), in...

Pro-Kurdish, leftist journalists detained in Ankara

Turkish police early Friday morning detained a number of pro-Kurdish and leftist journalists in Ankara province during raids on the journalists’ houses, the Stockholm...

Journalist Eryılmaz given suspended sentence, writer Çetin detained on terror allegations

A Turkish court on Friday handed down a suspended sentence of 15 months and a TL 6,000 fine to journalist Tuğrul Eryılmaz over his...

ORSAM director Kardaş detained in Turkey in same probe as civil rights activist Kavala

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM) Director Şaban Kardaş was detained at his home in Ankara on Friday as part of an investigation...

3 metropolitan city mayors unite against Erdoğan’s demand to resign, columnist says

Hürriyet daily columnist Abdülkadir Selvi said on Friday that Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek, Bursa Mayor Recep Altepe and Balıkesir Mayor Ahmet Edip Uğur have...

Court releases hunger striker Özakça, keeps Gülmen in prison

An Ankara court on Friday ruled for the release of Semih Özakça and continued the pretrial detention of Nuriye Gülmen, who went on a...

Party leader says MİT, Ankara mayor knew of coup attempt in advance

Turkish ultranationalist and Eurasianist Homeland Party (VP) Chairperson Doğu Perinçek has admitted that he, the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and Ankara Metropolitan Municipality...

Pro-gov’t Turkish dailies demonize detained activist Kavala

Staunchly pro-government Turkish newspapers Yenişafak and Güneş have accused prominent human rights activist and businessman Osman Kavala of funding terrorist organizations and betraying Turkey....

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