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Die Welt reporter says he was jailed due to his reports not social media messages

Deniz YĆ¼cel, a Turkish-German journalist for the German Die Welt daily, has told a group of opposition deputies who visited him in prison that...

Erdoğan advisor says Turkey to face more chaos than in post-June 7 period if reforms rejected Ā 

Chief advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and columnist İlnur Ƈevik has warned that there will be more chaos and instability in Turkey than...

Captain says army chief was leader of July 15 coup council

A captain who is standing trial on coup charges in the southeastern province of Gaziantep has said one of his commanders told him on...

[VIDEO] Ruling AKP member resigns after revelation of video threatening ‘no’ voters with gun

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Sinop provincial executive committee member Musa Yıldırım resigned after a video showing him firing a gun in an...

Artist given 2 yearsā€™ jail time for painting destruction in Kurdish town of Nusaybin

Zehra Doğan, a Turkish painter and reporter for the now-closed Dicle news agency, has been given a prison sentence of two years, nine months,...

Team of AKP deputy chairman’s brother bombed Parliament on July 15

An indictment drafted in the case of a failed coup attempt on July 15 claims that the team of Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, one...

[VIDEO] Police detain 10 students who set up stand for Int’l Women’s Day

Ten students at Ankara University were detained by police on Monday after they set up a stand on campus to mark the approaching International...

MÄ°T asks education board to dismiss 910 more academics from universities

Turkeyā€™s National Intelligence Organization (MÄ°T) has sent a list of 910 academics to the Higher Education Board (YƖK) for dismissal from their universities for...

Veteran sergeant denied surgery after purged with gov’t decree

Dismissed as part of the governmentā€™s post-coup witch hunt, Sgt. Aziz Demir, who was injured amid clashes between Turkish military and outlawed Kurdistan Workersā€™...

21 detained in Siirt-based operation due to alleged GĆ¼len links

Twenty-one people have been detained by Turkish police teams as part of an operation based in the eastern province of Siirt against alleged followers...

CHP leader says won’t ask for Erdoğan’s resignation if reforms rejected in vote

Leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal KılıƧdaroğlu has said if a constitutional reform package that will introduce an executive presidency...

Minister says Venice Commission report aims to encourage ‘no’ vote in referendum

Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has accused the Venice Commission, an advisory body of constitutional law experts, of attempting to influence public opinion in...

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