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Prosecutor asks court to drop Mavi Marmara case due to Turkish-Israeli deal

A public prosecutor on Friday asked a high criminal court in İstanbul to dismiss the trial of suspects in connection to an Israeli raid...

Pro-Kurdish district mayor in Şanlıurfa detained

Mustafa Bayram, mayor of the Halfeti district of the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), was detained on Friday...

3 soldiers killed, 3 injured in clashes with PKK in Hakkari

Three soldiers were killed and three others were injured during a clash between Turkish security forces and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists in the...

Another police officer suspended in post-coup witch hunt commits suicide

A 46-year-old police officer in Hatay province shot himself dead after being targeted in a post-coup witch hunt carried out by the Turkish government. Hasan...

Dutch gov’t asks EU to pressure Turkey over post-coup crackdown

The Dutch government has asked other member countries of the European Union to formally warn the Turkish government that a crackdown on dissent following...

Parliament commission to investigate student dorms in Turkey after fire

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Thursday that a parliamentary commission would be established in Parliament to investigate a dormitory fire in Adana...

Police detain another relative of Turkey’s prime coup suspect Adil Öksüz

Zübeyir Öksüz, a cousin of Adil Öksüz, a major suspect in the investigation into a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, has been...

Jail time sought for former Galatasaray players over Gülen links

An indictment seeking up to 15 years’ imprisonment for former Galatasaray soccer players İsmail Demiriz, Arif Erdem and Uğur Tütüneker over alleged links to...

Doğan Holding representative detained over Gülen links

Barbaros Muratoğlu, the Ankara representative of Doğan Holding, which owns CNNTürk and the Hürriyet daily, was detained on Thursday over alleged Gülen links as...

Investigation launched into 192 judges and prosecutors

The Ankara Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into 192 judges and prosecutors as part of a witch-hunt targeting the Gülen movement, which President...

Erdoğan, Merkel discuss refugee crisis on phone

According to Turkish presidential sources, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke on the phone on Thursday evening to discuss the...

TÜSİAD calls on gov’t to end state of emergency

The Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSİAD) on Thursday urged the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government to end a state of emergency (OHAL)...

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