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Press organizations to meet at Silivri Prison in solidarity with jailed journalists

Representatives from nine international and Turkish journalism organizations, including PEN International and Reporters Without Borders, will come together in front of Silivri Prison on...

CHP leader implies his brother might have been bribed by gov’t

Leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has hinted that his brother, who accused him of having been deceived by...

Jailed author: We stayed on alert in fear of staged prison revolts, massacres

Internationally known Turkish author Aslı Erdoğan, who is currently in jail, said that due to rumors of revolts in prisons she and other inmates...

Prosecutor: Turkey relinquished sovereign rights in Mavi Marmara case

In the latest hearing of a trial involving an incident on the Mavi Marmara aid ship in which nine Turkish citizens were killed by...

Venice Commission: Turkey’s state of emergency measures went too far

The Council of Europe’s (COE) expert body on legal and constitutional affairs, the Venice Commission, on Friday adopted an opinion stating that Turkey has...

[VIDEO] UETD head calls journalist Dündar a ‘traitor’

Turkish journalist-in-exile Can Dündar was verbally attacked by the head of the Union of European Turkish Democrats (UETD) during a program in Zurich on...

Police alerted to new ISIS attacks in Turkey

A secret Turkish police intelligence memo says the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) plans simultaneous car bomb attacks in the capital...

Erdoğan calls on people to sell more foreign currency

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday called on citizens to sell more foreign currency in support of the national economy. "I thank my people who...

Police ordered to avoid new bridges due to high tolls

Police who serve in İstanbul were advised not to use the Yavuz Sultan Selim and Osmangazi bridges, which were inaugurated in 2016, due to...

ENJC suspends Turkey’s HSYK for noncompliance with judicial standards

The European Networks of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) has suspended the observer status of Turkey's Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) and...

AKP says referendum on presidential system could be held in spring

The Turkish government has said a referendum on a constitutional amendment for switching to a presidential system of governance could be held in the...

Turkey jails two more female pro-Kurdish mayors

A court in Turkey’s eastern Hakkari province on Thursday arrested Adile Kozay, the co-mayor of Yüksekova, and Hilal Duman, the co-mayor of Çukurca, on...

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