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Hunger strikers Gülmen, Özakça kept in prison hospital under dire conditions

Imprisoned educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who are on the 145th day of a hunger strike they launched to be able to return...

25 detained over ByLock use in Kahramanmaraş

Turkish police teams on Monday detained 25 people in Kahramanmaraş on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock, Turkey’s state-run...

Silivri police chief found dead in his office

The police chief of İstanbul’s Silivri district, Hakan Çalışkan, was found dead in his office on Monday morning, the Milliyet daily reported. A police officer...

9 police officers detained in Eskişehir over Gülen links

Turkish police have detained nine active and former police officers in Eskişehir province due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused of mounting...

CHP deputy says OHAL commission is like a stillborn child

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Ankara deputy Şenal Sarıhan has said a state of emergency (OHAL) commission established to investigate applications directly related...

[UPDATE] HDP deputy Başaran released after brief detention in Batman

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ayşe Acar Başaran has been released after being briefly detained in Batman province for failing to attend a...

[VIDEO] Man attacks Atatürk statue with sickle

Mehmet Malbora on Sunday attacked a statue of Atatürk in the Siverek district of Şanlıurfa province, saying it represented idolatry, Hurriyet reported. According to the...

DW: Germany weighs sanctions against Turkey

Despite verbal assurances offered by the Turkish government, Germany has begun to consider economic sanctions against Turkey, Deutsche Welle reported on Sunday. According to the...

[VIDEO] Turkish soldiers beat Syrian refugees, video shows

A video released on social media shows Turkish soldiers beating a group of young Syrian refugees who were caught trying to enter Turkey. The Turkish...

[VIDEO] Security guards do not allow women in shorts in İstanbul park

On the same day that hundreds of women marched in Istanbul to protest violence and animosity due to their clothing, private security guards made...

Turkish economy minister: German firms list a mistake, will never happen again

Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi said on Saturday that Turkey’s submission to Interpol of a list of around 700 German companies suspected of funding...

7 Cumhuriyet journalists visit newspaper offices after being freed

Journalists Musa Kart, Hakan Kara, Önder Çelik, Güray Öz, Turhan Günay, Bülent Utku and Mustafa Kemal Güngör, who were released pending trial on Friday...

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