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Turkey detains 372, mostly from pro-Kurdish HDP, over terror links

Following car bomb and suicide bomber attacks in İstanbul on Saturday night that claimed 44 lives, the Ministry of Interior Affairs announced on Tuesday...

Turkish deputy PM says final operation to take over Syria’s al-Bab under way

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Monday that preparations for a final operation by Turkish-backed rebels to take over the Islamic State...

[VIDEO] Helsinki Commission focuses on post-coup human rights violations in Turkey

The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), which is also known as the US Helsinki Commission, on Nov. 9 held a briefing...

[VIDEO] Police storm HDP offices, leave message on walls: ‘We will be back’

Police carried out multiple operations early on Monday in at least seven provinces to detain 120 officials from pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) local...

Turkish military says warplane crashed near Diyarbakır

  The Turkish military issued a statement on Monday reporting that a fighter jet had crashed near Diyarbakır during a training mission. No casualties were reported...

[VIDEO] Protestors call consuls general visiting scene of terror attacks ‘murderers’

Unidentified individuals protested 30 consuls general serving in İstanbul after they laid wreaths in memory of 44 victims killed in twin blasts near Beşiktaş...

[OPINION] The Council of Europe must step up to tackle Turkey

By Abdullah Bozkurt While Turkey has quickly climbed to the top of the chart as the worst violator of rights in Europe under its autocratic...

Consuls general visit scene of terror attacks

Thirty representatives of foreign missions on Monday visited the site of twin bomb blasts that killed 44 in Beşiktaş on Saturday night. Consuls general serving...

Former consul held captive by ISIL says Ankara ignored his calls for help

The former consul general of the Turkish consulate in Mosul, Iraq, Öztürk Yılmaz, who was held hostage by the Islamist State in Iraq and...

CHP calls on gov’t to take measures against terrorism, not to just condemn it

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has called on the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government to take the necessary measures to...

Jailed HDP Co-chair Demirtaş condemns ‘merciless massacre’ in İstanbul

Co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş, who was jailed last month along with nine deputies from his party, has said...

HDP Co-chair Demirtaş suffers coronary artery spasm in prison

Co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş, who was jailed last month, has suffered a coronary artery spasm in prison, a...

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