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HDP says gov’t has given security forces a blank check for civilian killings in SE Turkey

Amid news stories that a Turkish drone attack killed one civilian and wounded three others in Hakkari on Friday, pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP)...

HDP says 3 injured after military helicopter opens fire in Diyarbakır

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies said on Sunday night that fire from a military helicopter injured three villagers in southeastern Diyarbakır province’s Bağlan...

CSU leader Seehofer calls on Germany to issue travel alert for Turkey

Horst Seehofer, leader of the Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), has called on the German government to...

Exiled Turkish journalist ‘sworn at,’ ‘threatened with death’

Emre Uslu, an exiled journalist living in in the United States, tweeted on Sunday that he was sworn at and threatened with death in...

Erdoğan spokesman: Anti-Erdoğan stance in Europe has become a means of comfort

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan's spokesman İbrahim Kalın on Monday criticized remarks made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz...

Appointment of key coup suspect’s brother stirs controversy

The appointment of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman Şaban Dişli, brother of Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, one of the key suspects...

[BREAKING] Merkel says Turkey should not become an EU member

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that Turkey should not become a member of the European Union and that she would seek a...

Rights group says prison guards threatened with jail when they refuse to torture inmates

Founding President of the Turkish Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) Professor Şebnem Korur Fincancı said on Sunday that some prison guards who refused to follow...

CHP deputy asks ministry for information on 22K inmates without beds in Turkish prisons

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ankara deputy Murat Emir applied to the Justice Ministry on Sunday for information on the reportedly 22,000 inmates...

Turkish FM on detention of 2 German citizens in Turkey: They’re our citizens, too

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Sunday responded to the reaction of the German government to the detention of two German citizens of Turkish...

Pro-Erdoğan dailies accuse US, Germany of supporting terror groups against Turkey

Turkey's Sabah and Takvim dailies, once managed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's son-in-law and Turkish Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, targeted the German and...

Germany declines Turkey’s request to freeze assets of Gülen followers

The German government has rejected an official request from Turkey to freeze the assets of followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in Germany, Der...

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