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EU’s enlargement commissioner to visit Turkey on July 6

European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn will visit Turkey on July 6 as part of a decision to re-engage...

Catering firm employee says soldiers given spoilt food

After hundreds of soldiers were hospitalized on Saturday in Manisa due to food poisoning, an employee of the catering firm serving the military base,...

Head of Gülen-linked foundation denies any ties to controversial mosque project in Berlin

Ercan Karakoyun, director of the Foundation for Dialogue and Education, an organization affiliated with the Gülen movement in Germany, has denied a recent report...

Journalist Gültekin faces 56-month sentence on charges of insulting Erdoğan

An indictment drafted by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks a jail sentence of four years, eight months for journalist Levent Gültekin, an outspoken government critic...

CHP deputy says it was mistake to support removal of deputies’ immunity

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İzmir deputy Musa Çam has said it was a historic mistake for his party to support the removal...

Beşiktaş mayor apologizes for Freddie Mercury tweet marking LGBT Pride Week

Murat Hazinedar, mayor of İstanbul's Beşiktaş district, apologized for a tweet from the municipality's official account on the occasion of LGBT Pride Week. In a...

EU committee says changing Turkish Constitution could end up in freezing accession talks

The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has recommended freezing Turkey’s EU accession talks if proposed amendments to the country's constitution that were approved in...

Court cancels results of MHP’s dissident-led congress

An Ankara court on Tuesday ruled to annul the results of a Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) extraordinary congress held by dissidents in the party...

[VIDEO] Religious leader: I was told to blame Gülen movement for police banning my group meeting

Alparslan Kuytul, president of the Furkan Foundation and leader of a religious group critical of the Turkish government, said he was advised to put...

31 lawyers arrested in İstanbul over links to Gülen movement

Thirty-one attorneys were arrested in İstanbul on Monday as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused by Turkish authorities...

[VIDEO] Turkey’s purge victim children would send Father’s Day gift books if not prohibited

A group of young people whose fathers are jailed in Turkey as part of a government crackdown on dissidents gathered at Cloud Gate, Millennium...

3 detained, beaten by police in case of mistaken identity

Three people accused of attacking police headquarters and tortured under detention in the eastern Turkish province of Van turned out to be civilians who...

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