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Turkey says will not participate in Raqqa campaign alongside Kurdish PYD fighters

Clarifying Turkey's stance in future operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as part of US-led coalition forces, Turkish Prime...

Boğaziçi students ask Erdoğan to respect elections, autonomy of university

Students from one of Turkey's top universities called on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in a video message released on Facebook on Friday, to respect...

No Turkish airstrikes in Syria since Oct. 22 after threat by regime, daily claims

Turkey has halted its airstrikes in Syria because its air force has been unable to carry out aerial campaigns as part of Operation Euphrates...

Armed attack by PKK terrorists in Şırnak wounds pregnant woman

A pregnant woman sustained serious injuries when terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attacked a checkpoint in Turkey’s southeastern Şırnak province on Friday. The...

Interior minister says Turkey captured high-ranking PKK figure

Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu said on Friday that Turkey had captured a high-ranking Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) figure who said the PKK was...

Minister: BBC report on Syrian child labor in Turkey is ill-intentioned

The Turkish minister of labor said on Friday that a BBC news story on Syrian child labor in Turkey is ill-intentioned since it emphasized...

Turkish lira hits a new record low against dollar

The Turkish lira reached a record low on Friday against the US dollar, at 3.1156 lira to the dollar. The Turkish lira has continued to...

CHP leader accuses AKP gov’t of laying groundwork for coup attempt

Leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has accused the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government of laying the groundwork...

Municipal workers halt work in Diyarbakır to protest detention of co-mayors

In protest of the detention of the co-mayors of the Diyarbakır Municipality on Tuesday, municipal workers have been refusing to work, paralyzing daily life...

Painting showing Atatürk at rakı table removed from Parliament wall

A painting showing the nation's founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, eating at a waterside table with a glass of rakı near his plate, has been...

EU Parliament urges Turkey to release jailed journalists

The EU Parliament (EP) has urged Turkish authorities to release journalists being held without "compelling evidence of criminal activity." The call to authorities came in...

Interior Ministry dismisses 265 officers due to alleged Gülen links

Turkey's Interior Ministry on Friday dismissed a total of 265 military officers, 153 from the Gendarmerie Forces Command and 112 from Coast Guard Command,...

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