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Kurds demand Öcalan’s freedom in march in German city of Cologne

About 15,000 Kurds marched in the German city of Cologne on Saturday to demand the liberation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has spent...

Turkish soldier killed in attack on northern Iraqi base

A soldier was killed and another injured in an "attempted intrusion" of a Turkish military base in northern Iraq, Agence France-Presse reported, citing Turkey's...

Turkey still searching for 9 miners trapped in gold mine landslide

Some 1,000 search and rescue workers continued their efforts on Friday to find nine miners who were trapped under cyanide-saturated soil following a landslide...

More than half of Turks are happy with their lives despite economic woes: TurkStat

Although Turkey has been suffering from a deteriorating economy over the past several years, with high inflation and unemployment, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat)...

Turkey to keep rates steady at 45 percent as tightening cycle ends: Reuters poll

Turkey's central bank is expected to keep its key interest rate steady at 45 percent next week, after a 250 basis-point hike last month,...

Ex-head of exam center acquitted of terrorism, gets suspended sentence for abuse of duty

A Turkish court has acquitted the former head of Turkey’s Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) of terrorism, which he was charged with due...

President Erdoğan again appoints pro-AKP figures as ambassadors

Turkish President and Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed 10 people, some of whom are politicians in his party...

Journalist faces up to 5 years in prison due to report on judicial corruption

Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to five years for a journalist due to one of his articles last year in...

6 journalists kept in police custody for 4 days face arrest

A Turkish prosecutor is seeking the arrest of six journalists who were detained earlier this week in the western province of İzmir on terror-related...

Turkey detains 42 people over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police on Thursday detained 42 people for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group accused by the government of “terrorist activities,"...

Article 19 calls for acquittal of first journalist tried under Turkey’s ‘disinformation’ law

The Europe branch of Article 19, a London-based international organization defending free expression worldwide, has called for the charges against a journalist who is...

US Ambassador Flake praises defense partnership with ‘indispensable’ ally Turkey

US Ambassador to Turkey Jeff Flake has praised the partnership between “indispensable” ally Turkey and Washington in the military defense sector, saying it plays...

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