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Turkish PM: Shanghai Five should not be considered alternative to EU

In contrast with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s efforts to promote membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), also known as Shanghai Five, Prime Minister...

AKP coup commission members refuse to hear putschist general’s testimony

The parliamentary Coup Investigation Commission on Thursday declined to hear the testimony of putschist general Mehmet Dişli, the brother of a senior ruling party...

Lira hits new record low as EP votes to freeze Turkey talks

  The Turkish lira fell to another historic low against the US dollar, declining from around 3.36 to 3.4533 after European parliamentarians overwhelmingly voted to...

Turkish Constitutional Court worried about coping with 100K petitions

Complaining about the soaring number of individual petitions at Turkey’s Constitutional Court, acting president of the court Professor Engin Yıldırım said on Thursday that...

Turkish foreign minister: Our people don’t care about EP decision at all

Following a European Parliament vote in favor of freezing EU accession talks with Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has joined the ranks of harsh...

Interior Ministry dismisses 44 local state administrators over Gülen links

Turkey's Interior Ministry on Thursday expelled 44 local state administrators from their posts on the grounds that they are linked to the faith-based Gülen...

Turkish EU minister says EP vote on freezing Turkey talks ‘null and void’

Turkey's EU Affairs minister has described a vote by the European Parliament (EP) in favor of freezing accession talks with Turkey as “null and...

Kılıçdaroğlu: EP decision due to lack of rule of law, democratic standards

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Thursday that the European Parliament’s vote to freeze membership negotiations with Turkey is...

S&D members cite lack of democracy, rule of law in Turkey as reasons for EP vote

Some members of the European Parliament from the Socialists and Democrats Group (S&D), which on Thursday voted in favor of a non-binding resolution seeking...

[BREAKING] European Parliament votes in favor of freezing talks with Turkey

The European Parliament has voted to suspend Turkey's EU membership talks because of the Turkish government's "disproportionate" response to a failed coup attempt that...

Poll shows 97 percent of Turks lack trust in judiciary

A total of 97.1 percent of Turks do not believe the judiciary in Turkey is independent and have no trust in the court system,...

Erdoğan says not revealed all he knows about Gülen movement

While over 37,000 people in Turkey have been arrested on coup charges and for being alleged sympathizers of the Gülen movement following a failed...

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