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Turkey moves to withdraw license plates bearing Fethullah Gülen’s initials

As the crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement and Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen reaches new heights with every passing day, Turkish authorities have...

EP officials to pay first visit to Turkey since foiled coup

Officials from the European Parliament will on Tuesday pay their first visit to Turkey since the foiled coup attempt of July 15, according to...

Turkey cancels visiting hours for post-coup purge prisoners

As part of a massive purge following the failed July 15 coup in Turkey, the government has canceled without due process the visiting rights...

Turkish Foreign Ministry recalls 300 diplomats in coup attempt probe

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has called on around 300 diplomats serving at missions abroad to return to the country as part of an investigation into...

12 relatives of senior figure in Gülen movement detained

Turkish police on Monday detained 12 relatives of Cevdet Türkyolu, a close name to Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, in the Black Sea province of...

Detained journalist Tekerek released after interrogation

Journalist Tuğba Tekerek who was detained by İstanbul police on Sunday on the grounds that she "insulted" President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was released on...

Turkish crackdown on Gülen mov’t spills over into Europe, scaring followers

Turkey’s crackdown on supporters of Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish-Islamic scholar accused by Ankara of masterminding July’s coup attempt, is being felt by the Turkish...

Ankara sent deputy intel chief to Assad, report says

One of the deputies of Turkey's intelligence chief has visited Syrian capital of Damascus, according to a recent report in the Lebanese As-Safir daily.  A...

5 detained during attempted protest at Israeli Consulate in İstanbul

Turkish police detained five people who gathered in front of the Israeli Consulate in İstanbul in the early hours of  Monday to protest latest...

One soldier killed, 3 police officers injured in PKK attack in Tunceli

One soldier has been killed and three police officers have been wounded when a clash erupted between Turkish security forces and a group of...

14 detained for singing songs in Kurdish at Erdoğan Park in İstanbul

Fourteen people, including two minors, were detained earlier this month for singing Kurdish songs at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Park in İstanbul’s Esenyurt district, the...

Ankara-backed rebels plan to attack ISIL-held Jarablus from Turkey

by TM Turkey and Western-backed moderate rebel groups are preparing to launch an attack to the Syrian border town of Jarablus, the last stronghold of...

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