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Turkey issues ban on media coverage of Russian envoy assassination

  Adding to a series of gag orders on critical topics, Turkey on Monday issued a ban on media coverage regarding details of the investigation...

Putschist Maj. Gen. Dişli’s photo fuels debate

A new photo of Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, one of the alleged leaders of a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15  and brother...

Sister of Russian envoy’s murderer denies Gülen links

While President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the government and pro-government media argue that the police officer who murdered the Russian ambassador to Turkey last week...

Palace spokesperson ignores question on ISIL captive soldiers

Days after the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) released a video claiming to have burnt two Turkish soldiers alive, the Turkish...

[OPINION] Erdoğan nurtures jihadist mindset in Turkey’s police

by Abdullah Bozkurt As part of a nurturing campaign to raise an ideologically committed, new generation of religious zealots by Turkey’s Islamist rulers led by...

Turkey to participate in Astana talks as guarantor country

İbrahim Kalın, the spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said on Monday that Turkey would participate in the Syria talks in the Kazakh...

Justice minister: Only 66 public workers in jail for bribery

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said only 66 civil servants are under arrest for bribery in prisons in Turkey, the Birgün daily reported...

1,096 detained, 426 arrested over Gülen links in last week

Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Monday announced the latest purge tally, stating that in the last week 1,096 people had been detained over links to...

1 more Turkish soldier dies, bringing total loss to 38 in operation against ISIL

With the death of a soldier injured in an attack on Wednesday carried out by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...

Schulz says no visa liberalization until Turkey reforms anti-terror law

President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz has said that visa liberalization for Turkish citizens would not be implemented as long as Turkey does...

HDP deputy co-chair, 2 more Kurdish politicians detained

The deputy co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Aysel Tuğluk, was detained in Ankara on charges of alleged terrorism on Monday. In a separate...

Turkish FM: Some countries prefer extradition of Gülen followers remain confidential

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said during a meeting in Antalya on Sunday that Turkey has brought a number of suspects linked to the...

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