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Father of Turkish soldier murdered by ISIL seeks official declaration about son

Aydın Taş, the father of Sefter Taş, one of two Turkish soldiers who were allegedly burned to death by Islamic State in Iraq and...

PM Yıldırım to visit Baghdad amid KRG referendum crisis

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Friday he has received an invitation from Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and that he will visit...

Detention warrants issued for 51 in İzmir over Gülen links

The İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 51 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused of orchestrating...

Kalın says Turkey would not hesitate to carry out a military operation in Afrin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s spokesman, İbrahim Kalın, said on Thursday that Turkey would not hesitate to carry out a military operation in Syria’s...

Turkish archaeologists claim they may have discovered remains of St. Nicholas

Turkish archaeologists believe they may have discovered the remains of St. Nicholas — from whom the legend of Santa Claus emerged — beneath a...

Erdoğan talks to Ankara mayor about possible resignation

Turkey’s President and Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is holding talks with Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek, who...

PISA director warns Turkey about changes in its education system

Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) Director Andreas Schleicher warned Turkey on Thursday about changes to the education system, saying educators must be well...

Turkey’s top judicial body dismisses 39 more judges, prosecutors over Gülen links

Turkey's top judicial body, the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), on Thursday dismissed 39 judges and public prosecutors over alleged links to the...

PACE commission rejects Turkey’s ‘insufficient’ judge nominees for ECtHR

A commission in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for selecting judges for the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has...

‘Academics for Peace’ signatories accused of ‘terrorist propaganda’

Signatories of a peace declaration titled "We Will Not Be a Party to This Crime" of January 2016 are facing accusations of terrorist...

Imprisoned pro-Kurdish HDP leaders nominated for EP’s Sakharov Prize

Imprisoned pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ have been nominated for the prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought...

Erdoğan to Barzani: Airspace, borders to be closed soon, where will you go

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday said Turkey, Iraq and Iran would soon close airspace and borders with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)...

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