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Lawyer who questioned allegations of torture in İstanbul prison battered by guards

Günay Dağ, a lawyer representing 17-year-old H.İ., currently confined at İstanbul’s Maltepe juvenile facility, was battered by guards after he asked questions about the veracity...

Rector acts on behalf of 8 out of 10 board members after post-coup purges at Turkish university

A list of board members of Gümüşhane University in Turkey's Black Sea region, that shows Rector İhsan Günaydın's photo in place of 8 out...

CHP deputy: Pro-gov’t radio illegally uses frequencies of stations closed in post-coup crackdown

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Barış Yarkadaş said that pro-government radio stations are illegally using the frequencies of dissident radio stations...

Lawyer says jailed women in İstanbul’s Silivri prison tortured with needle pricks

Guards in İstanbul’s Silivri prison pricked sewing needles to a female convict after she chanted slogans and refused to obey the management’s order to...

Prime suspect in Turkey’s worst mining accident puts blame on Gülen movement

In yet another example of scapegoating the Gülen movement for anything wrong in Turkey, the chairman of Soma Holding has reiterated earlier accusations, demanding...

Controversial pro-Erdoğan businessman set to take over gov’t seized Koza-İpek Holding

Pro-government businessman Galip Öztürk's Metro Holding announced in a statement to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) on Wednesday that it is planning to buy...

Turkish police raids pro-Kurdish HDP, DBP offices in Diyarbakır

Counterterror teams of Diyarbakır Police Department raided provincial and district branch offices of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) in...

Senior AKP politician: Turkey switched to presidential system in 2007

While suggesting that the term “prime minister” in the Constitution should be replaced with “president,” a senior Justice and Development Party (AKP) politician said...

Reuters: Turkey purges NATO military envoys

  According to an exclusive story published on Wednesday by Reuters, a massive purge in Turkey after an attempted coup has been extended to senior...

Turkish foreign minister admits mistakes in purge

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu admitted in Strasbourg on Wednesday that mistakes have been made in the dismissal of public servants under a massive...

Journalists Lale Kemal, Nuriye Akman released from prison

Former Zaman columnists Lale Kemal and Nuriye Akman, who were arrested on July 31 following an attempted coup in Turkey, were released from prison...

Erdoğan advisor: Gülenists downed Russian jet with US knowledge

A top advisor of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has argued in a tweet that a Russian jet was shot down by people from...

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