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Israel names Eitan Naeh as new ambassador to Turkey

Senior diplomat Eitan Naeh was named on Tuesday to be Israel's first ambassador to Ankara since a reconciliation agreement with Turkey was concluded, israelnationalnews.com...

MHP expels deputy from party after remarks against executive presidency

The disciplinary board of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has expelled Gaziantep deputy Ümit Özdağ from the party after the deputy publicly announced his...

Bahçeli says AKP shared draft constitution with his party

  Amid debates over a change in constitution in accordance with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s determination to switch to a presidential system of governance, Nationalist...

Visitor ban imposed on HDP meeting after Western diplomats’ attendance

A ban on visitors at parliamentary group meetings of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) was imposed this week after last week’s attendance of...

German foreign minister expresses concern over freedom of expression in Ankara

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed concern about pressure on freedom of expression and a wave of arrests that have become part of daily...

160 arrested, 211 detained over coup charges in past 48 hours

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...

Freedom House : Turkey among ‘Not Free’ countries in Internet freedom

Turkey has fallen into the “not free” category of countries ranked by Freedom House in its "Freedom on the Net 2016" report, with the...

Supermoon shines over cloudy İstanbul skies

İstanbul skies have witnessed the "supermoon" as the largest, brightest full moon in nearly seven decades will be on display in the coming days. According...

UN’s special rapporteur Kaye to visit Turkey to assess situation of freedom of expression

David Kaye, a clinical professor of law at the University of California, Irvine, designated a special rapporteur by the United Nations Human Rights Council,...

Building contractor who provided Şanlıurfa with Erdoğan billboards arrested over Gülen links

Halil G., the owner of one of the biggest construction companies in Şanlıurfa province, was arrested by a Turkish court on Monday over his...

Cumhuriyet deletes report questioning CNNTürk coup night controversy

Although several mysteries remain regarding the facts of a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, the critical Cumhuriyet daily has deleted a story...

Main opposition leader: We won’t oppose presidential system until we see proposal

Amid talk of a referendum on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long-standing desire for a switch to an executive presidency that concentrates all power in...

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