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Cem Toker steps down as LDP leader

Turkish politician Cem Toker has resigned as the leader of the Liberal Democrat Party (LDP), a post in which he served for more than...

[UPDATE] HDP deputy Yıldırım released after brief detention in Diyarbakır

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Van deputy Nadir Yıldırım, who was detained in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Monday morning, has been released. Yıldırım...

Report: Police briefly detain businessman for urging ‘no’ vote in referendum

Police briefly detained a shopkeeper in Bursa on Sunday after an "informant citizen" reported that he urged people to vote '"no" in a referendum...

Police wait outside hospital to detain woman following delivery

A group of police officers awaited outside Antalya's Alanya Başkent Hospital in order to detain a woman who had given birth several hours earlier,...

[VIDEO] Aide reveals Erdoğan ordered removal of French statues during Africa visit

Yiğit Bulut, a close aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has revealed that the president asked for the removal of historical French statues during...

Erdoğan to hold rallies in 40 provinces to seek support for executive presidency

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will hold rallies across 40 provinces to seek public support for government plans to introduce an executive presidency, which will...

Turkish military says 1 soldier killed in ISIL attack in Syria’s al-Bab

One Turkish soldier was killed and two others were injured in a mortar attack perpetrated by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...

Judges, prosecutors to get salary increase through gov’t decree

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, which has carried out a massive purge in the Turkish judiciary in the aftermath of a failed...

[UPDATE] HDP deputy Bilgen released on judicial probation  

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and the party's spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen, who was detained at Ankara Esenboğa Airport on Sunday morning, was released...

Erdoğan aides to BBC reporter: All that glitters is not gold

A number of close aides to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday blasted a BBC reporter accompanying British Prime Minister Theresa May in...

18 provincial bar association presidents say ‘no’ to constitutional package

The heads of bar associations from 18 provinces including İstanbul, İzmir and Ankara strongly criticized a constitutional amendment package that aims to expand the...

Muhtar protesting palace meetings arrested for insulting statesmen

Hatice Bender, a muhtar, or neighborhood head, who did not participate in meetings held for muhtars in the palace of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...

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