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Distraught policeman fires into air, warns against worshipping Atatürk

A police officer who appeared to be suffering some kind of mental collapse in Rize province on Saturday fired his gun into the air...

Turkish Ministry asks school principals to report about PKK-linked teachers

A recent circular from Turkey’s Education Ministry has asked school mayors to rat on teachers whom they consider affiliated with the outlawed PKK, implying...

Media mogul’s secretly recorded audio found in Turkish minister’s hacked emails

Media mogul Aydın Doğan urged his staff to soften its criticism of the government in a 2014 meeting that included editors and columnists in...

Turkish military destroys 38 ISIL targets

As Turkey’s military intervention into Syria enters its second month, the military continues to hit terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...

US-based Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen’s relatives detained in Erzurum

Six relatives of US-based Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen on Saturday were detained in a new phase of a crackdown against the Gülen movement, in...

Economy minister: July 15 was attempt to occupy Turkey

  According to Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi, the failed coup of July 15 was much more than a coup, claiming that it was an...

Demirtaş asks Barzani to help restart peace process

Chairman of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş has asked the leader of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Massoud Barzani, to help...

Syria asks Turkey to withdraw from its territory

  Speaking recently at the United Nations, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem urged Turkey to withdraw from its territory, in reference to Operation Euphrates Shield...

Deputy PM hints at Gülen movement role in credit downgrading

  Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli argued on Saturday that the Gülen movement could have played a role in Moody’s downgrading of the country’s...

Turkey’s main opposition leader says the nation paying the price for coup attempt

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), said on Saturday that since the declaration of emergency rule in Turkey...

Ankara rebuffs Moody’s move cutting Turkey to ‘junk’ status

  Ankara reacted strongly against Moody’s decision on Friday to cut Turkey’s sovereign debt rating to non-investment grade. "Moody’s decision to decrease Turkey’s rating does not...

Saturday Mothers gather for 600th time

The Saturday Mothers, who gather every Saturday to bring attention to the cases of people who disappeared while in custody, had their 600th gathering...

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