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İmamoğlu says municipal vehicles exchanged for cheaper models before he took office

Newly elected mayor of İstanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu has said some vehicles at the municipality were exchanged for cheaper models before June 23, when he was elected...

Presidency seeks annulment of parliamentary immunity of opposition leader, 9 deputies

A presidential summary of proceedings seeking the removal of the parliamentary immunity of Turkey’s main opposition leader and nine opposition deputies has made its way to...

2 Turkish soldiers killed, 1 injured in PKK terrorist attack: report

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and another was injured in a terrorist attack on Tuesday carried out by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey,...

Terror victim’s father receives suspended sentence for insulting Erdoğan

Mustafa Doğan, the father of a 2015 terrorist attack victim, was given a suspended 10-month sentence on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a...

Professional associations, unions denounce pro-gov’t think tank report profiling journalists

Turkish journalist associations and unions held a press conference on Tuesday, denouncing a pro-government think tank report profiling journalists working for foreign media organizations’ Turkish services, the...

Opposition leader calls on Erdoğan to remove son-in-law from Finance Ministry

İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener has called on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to remove his son-in-law from the position of finance minister due to poor...

Prison management prohibits family visits for jailed Islamic leader

The administration of a Turkish prison has temporarily banned family visits for a jailed Islamic group leader, claiming that he has resumed giving orders to his...

Turkey orders detention of 228 soldiers over Gülen links as 3rd anniversary of coup attempt approaches

Ahead of the third anniversary of a July 2016 coup attempt, Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 228 military members as part of a post-coup...

Former intelligence chief Uzun, arrested on terrorism, insult charges, released pending trial

Sabri Uzun, the former head of the National Security Directorate’s intelligence department in Ankara who was arrested in April on accusations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

$142 million donated from presidential budget to unnamed foundations: report

A total of 818 million Turkish lira, around $142 million, has been disbursed from the budget of the Turkish presidency as donations to various foundations, according...

New İstanbul mayor says municipality’s financial situation is ‘hair raising’

Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was elected the new mayor of İstanbul in a repeat election on June 23, has said the municipality is financially in tatters and...

Kars mayor indicted on terrorism charges for role at now-closed Kurdish daily

A Turkish prosecutor on Monday indicted Kars Mayor Ayhan Bilgen, a Kurdish politician from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), on terrorism charges due to his role...

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