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State Department: US concerned by rhetoric from Turkey on Russian envoy killing

John Kirby, spokesman of the US State Department, said on Tuesday that Secretary of State John Kerry is concerned about the rhetoric coming out...

President Erdoğan, parliament speaker express support for death penalty

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Speaker of Parliament İsmail Kahraman on Tuesday expressed support for any government plan to reintroduce capital punishment. “We don’t...

Pro-gov’t media spread false reports linking Russian envoy’s murderer with Gülen movement

Although the possible affiliations of police officer Mert Altıntaş, who assassinated the Russian ambassador to Ankara on Monday night, have not yet been determined,...

Leaked emails: Sabah reporter informed on colleagues to Albayrak family

The leaked emails of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law and Turkey’s Minister of Energy Berat Albayrak continue to reveal a close connection between the...

[OPINION] As a journalist, I refuse to be intimidated

By Abdullah Bozkurt The autocratic regime in Turkey of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has not only broken an all-time world record in the number of...

Russia says Turkey agrees priority in Syria not regime change

In a clear contradiction of Turkey’s current policy in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today in Moscow that Russia, Turkey and Iran...

Coffin of slain ambassador sent to Russia with state ceremony

The coffin of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov, who was assassinated by a Turkish policeman in Ankara on Monday, was sent to Russia...

Kılıçdaroğlu asks why assassin of Russian envoy was not caught alive

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu questioned the killing of the gunman who assassinated the Russian ambassador to Ankara yesterday, suggesting...

[UPDATE] Turkey detains 7 after Russian ambassador’s assassination

Turkish police have detained seven people over the killing of the Russian ambassador who was shot in the back as he gave a speech...

PKK offshoot TAK claims responsibility for Kayseri bombing

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), an offshoot of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in...

 Turkey paid TL 2.4 million in rewards to citizen-informants in 2016

Turkey has since beginning of this year paid a total of TL 2.4 million in rewards to citizens who have provided the state with...

Killer of Russian ambassador visited art gallery for another exhibit on Friday

Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, a 22-year-old police officer who shot the Russian ambassador to Turkey to death on Monday evening, had on Friday visited the...

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