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Turkey falls to Not Free in ‘Freedom in the World 2018’ report

Turkey’s freedom status has declined from Partly Free to Not Free in “Freedom in the World 2018: Democracy in Crisis,” the annual report released...

Lawyers for Alpay, Altan say Constitutional Court rulings are binding on all

Lawyers representing imprisoned journalists Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay issued a public statement over the weekend regarding the continued detention of their clients following...

EP president criticizes removal of HDP deputy Zana’s parliamentary status

Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament, has released a statement on Twitter criticizing the Friday removal of the parliamentary status of pro-Kurdish Peoples’...

Upper courts reject appeals to release journalists Altan and Alpay

Two upper courts in Istanbul have rejected a demand for release filed by lawyers representing Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay despite a decision by...

Former intel chief calls for use of ASALA, MOSSAD tactics to kill Gülen followers

İsmail Hakkı Pekin, a former intelligence chief of the Turkish General Staff, has suggested that Turkey make use of tactics it used against Armenian...

Report: Police tortured suspect, threatened to rape wife in Ramadan

A Turkish man jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement was reportedly tortured under custody while police threatened to rape his wife during...

Erdoğan vows to ‘choke’ US-established border force in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Turkey will destroy a border security force planned by the US in northern Syria, the state-run Anadolu...

Detention warrants issued for 81 more people over Gülen links

Detention warrants were issued on Monday for 81 people who work for High Education Foundation, as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen...

Report: Turkey angered by US-led coalition setting up Syrian border force

The US-led Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS is working with its Syrian militia allies to set up a new border force of 30,000 personnel,...

Plane skids off Trabzon runway, plunges down cliff to water’s edge

A Pegasus Airlines flight skidded off the runway of a Turkish coastal airport and ended up halfway down a steep slope into the Black...

Der Spiegel Twitter account hacked, posting pro-Turkey message

The Twitter account of Klaus Brinkbäumer, editor-in-chief of the German magazine Der Spiegel, was hacked late on Saturday and used to post a pro-Turkey message, Deutsche...

PKK kills 1 soldier as Erdoğan promises more operations in Afrin

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) killed one soldier in an attack in Hakkari province on Sunday as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan promised...

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