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FM Çavuşoğlu says gov’t to open more religious schools

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Saturday that the government would open more imam-hatip schools (religious schools) amid allegations that the schools are...

[OPINION] Russian ambassador’s murderer linked to Erdoğan family

Abdullah Bozkurt More details have emerged on the secretive past of the killer of the Russian ambassador to Turkey, shedding further light on how he...

Russian envoy’s murderer attended sermons of controversial pro-Erdoğan cleric

While the Turkish government insists on claiming that Mert Altıntaş, the police officer who assassinated the Russian ambassador to Ankara, is linked to the...

317 soldiers detained after court issues 530 warrants over Gülen links

A total of 317 soldiers were detained on Saturday in police raids across 58 Turkish provinces after an İstanbul court issued detention warrants for...

Turkey’s lowest-ranking local administrators to collect intelligence on people

The Turkish Ministry of Interior Affairs has sent a memorandum to all governors asking them to collect information gathered by the lowest-ranking local administrators,...

10,000 social media users currently under investigation in Turkey

The Ministry of Interior Affairs has announced that 10,000 people are currently under investigation on suspicion of terrorist propaganda and insulting senior state officials...

Erdoğan renews call for lowering interest rates

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday renewed his call for lowering interest rates, a few days after the central bank decided to hold...

Yıldız Holding sells 21 pct stake in Ülker to UK subsidiary

As the Turkish government continues to confiscate private businesses on alleged charges of terrorist links, food giant Yıldız Holding announced on Friday that it...

Father of soldier burned to death by ISIL: Officials have not yet contacted us

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

Purged academic couple, children detained while fleeing to Greece

An Ankara-based couple who were earlier dismissed from their positions at Gazi University have been detained along with their three children in Edirne while...

Turkish military denies civilian killings by airstrikes on ISIL-held al-Bab

Turkey's General Staff denied the killing of civilians by Turkish airstrikes on the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, held by the Islamic State in...

Turkey’s Erdoğan updates Putin on investigation into killing of envoy

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan briefed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on an investigation into the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov,...

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