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Mayor, co-mayor of Kurdish town arrested on terror charges

The mayor and co-mayor of the Kızıltepe district of Mardin in southeastern Turkey were arrested on Friday on charges of terrorism as part of...

UN rapporteur speaks of environment conducive to torture in Turkey

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer during a press conference in Ankara on Friday talked about an environment conducive to torture following...

Turkey’s stock exchange moves to keep assets in local currency after Erdoğan’s call

Turkey’s stock exchange, Borsa İstanbul (BİST), on Friday moved to keep all its cash assets in accounts denominated in Turkish lira.   “In support of the...

Turkey now detains lawyer representing imprisoned HDP co-chair

Sevda Çelik Özbingöl, a lawyer representing Figen Yüksekdağ, the arrested co-chair of Turkey’s third largest political party, the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has...

3,592 staff members returned to posts at Education Ministry

Turkey's Education Ministry announced on Friday that 3,692 staff members who were recently suspended as part of an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen...

Lira in freefall as Erdoğan urges Turks to sell off forex

An economic crisis will only slightly affect Turkey if fellow citizens convert their foreign currencies into Turkish lira or gold, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Islamic scholar Gülen named as prime suspect in match-fixing conspiracy indictment  

Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen is the prime suspect in an indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor concerning allegations that there was a conspiracy in...

Turkey seizes 691 companies over alleged ties to Gülen movement

The state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has announced that a total of 691 companies have been seized by the government due to alleged...

Dink murder trial judge detained over alleged Gülen links

One of the judges hearing a trial of public officials implicated in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was detained in his chambers...

HDP Co-chair Demirtaş says he knew 15 days in advance he would be arrested

Co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş has said he knew 15 days in advance that he would be arrested but...

1 killed in oil tanker explosion in İstanbul’s Büyükçekmece district

One person was killed and two others were injured when an explosion occurred on an oil tanker in İstanbul's Büyükçekmece district on Friday. Ambulances and...

Prosecutor asks court to drop Mavi Marmara case due to Turkish-Israeli deal

A public prosecutor on Friday asked a high criminal court in İstanbul to dismiss the trial of suspects in connection to an Israeli raid...

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