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AKP mayor arrested over Gülen links, wife released on probation

Süleyman Mutlu, the mayor of the Bucak Municipality in the southern province of Burdur, who is from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), was...

77 arrested, 135 detained over coup charges on Monday

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...

Human Rights Watch: Turkey’s emergency decrees facilitate torture

US-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Tuesday that Turkish police have tortured and otherwise ill-treated individuals in custody...

Turkey’s coup commission member says gov’t trying to obscure realities of July 15

Turkey's parliamentary Coup Investigation Commission member and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Aykut Erdoğdu said the ruling Justice and Development Party...

University cancels panel on emergency rule, bases decision on emergency rule

An open forum that was to host a discussion about the legal basis of Turkey’s post-coup-attempt emergency rule at Ankara University’s law faculty has...

Unity for Democracy initiative: Assault on rights and freedoms unprecedented

According to the final declaration issued on Sunday by an initiative launched by intellectuals, the assault against basic rights and freedoms in Turkey has...

Islamist paper columnist: Don’t worry about increased gun ownership, the people know who to shoot

As part of an ongoing debate in Turkey over concerns about a spike in gun ownership, a columnist for the political Islamist Yeni Akit...

İzmir prosecutor prepares indictment against Gülen

As part of a witch-hunt against the faith-based Gülen movement, İzmir prosecutor Berkant Karakaya has prepared an indictment against Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen for...

French FM: Judiciary in France is independent in state of emergency

In response to attempts by the Turkish government to defend a state of emergency currently in effect in Turkey by making comparisons to France,...

First coup indictment in İstanbul seeks sentences for 29 police officers

The first indictment prepared by a prosecutor in İstanbul into a failed coup attempt on July 15 seeks three consecutive life sentences for 21...

Interview with ByLock author invalidates government coup arguments

An interview conducted by Hürriyet daily journalist İsmail Saymaz with the author of a mobile phone application known as ByLock, which has led to...

AKP mayor, wife detained in Burdur over Gülen links

The mayor of the Bucak Municipality in the southern province of Burdur, Süleyman Mutlu, who is from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), and...

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