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AKP official says proposal on executive presidency may be in Parliament in 10 days

Mustafa Şentop, head of the parliamentary Constitution Commission and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) İstanbul deputy, has said the government might bring constitutional...

Latest decrees include controversial measures violating int’l law, agreements

Two government decrees that were issued by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government on Saturday have attracted widespread criticism for including measures that...

Putschist general denies offering to put army chief in touch with Gülen by phone

Brig. Gen. Hakan Evrim, one of the military members who took part in an abortive coup on July 15, has denied claims by Turkey's...

[UPDATE] Diyarbakır Co-mayors Kışanak and Anlı, former deputy Ata arrested

Diyarbakır Co-mayors Gülten Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, and former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) deputy Ayla Akat Ata, who was detained on terrorism charges...

Gov’t accused of eliminating all dissidents under pretext of anti-Gülen fight

The fact that hundreds of members of a left-wing trade union are among individuals purged from state institutions by the latest government decrees has...

Judges association says emergency rule paved way for authoritarian regime in Turkey

The Dutch association Judges for Judges has said emergency rule, which was declared in Turkey following a failed military coup attempt on July 15,...

Turkey revokes permanent press cards of two prominent journalists

The press cards of veteran journalists Hasan Cemal and Doğan Akın have been cancelled by the Prime Ministry's Directorate General of Press and Information...

Man who attacked CHP deputy detained in Kuşadası

A man who attacked Deputy Chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Bülent Tezcan was detained in the Kuşadası district of Aydın...

40 arrested, 76 detained on Republic Day

A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves hunted down and taken...

US orders family members of diplomats in İstanbul to leave

With an updated travel warning issued on Oct. 29,the US State Department ordered family members of diplomats in its İstanbul Consulate General to leave...

10,158 more dismissed from state institutions in Turkey

As part of a post-coup-attempt purge, the Turkish government has dismissed 10,158 people from state institutions with new state of emergency decrees issued on...

15 media outlets closed down under new decrees

The Turkish government closed down 15 pro-Kurdish media outlets with new state of emergency decrees issued on Saturday. According to two new decrees, numbers 675...

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