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Owner of closed Kurdish daily detained in Diyarbakır

Ramazan Ölçen, owner of the now-closed-down Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat, was detained in a police raid on his Diyarbakır home on Saturday. No reason was...

Former CHP chairman Baykal cancels event in Germany

The former chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Deniz Baykal, on Saturday cancelled a panel discussion to be held in Germany...

[VIDEO] Woman detained while trying to escape Turkey witch hunt in hidden compartment

A Turkish woman identified by the initials H.T.K. was detained in Artvin province while she was allegedly attempting to flee to Georgia, on Feb....

İstanbul court arrests lawyer of Fethullah Gülen

A court in İstanbul ruled on Friday for the arrest of Orhan Erdemli, a lawyer representing US-based Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused...

[VIDEO] Pro-Erdoğan columnist threatens journalist Ataklı: You will be finished within 5 minutes

Cem Küçük, a columnist with the pro-government Star daily who is known for his social media attacks on government critics and also as a...

Erdoğan advisor says construction of 3rd airport in İstanbul drove Germany crazy

Burhan Kuzu, an advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and a Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy, has said construction of a third airport...

Terror prosecutor to investigate Hürriyet over controversial story

A prosecutor who investigates terror crimes will oversee an investigation into the Hürriyet daily for a story it published about the military-government relationship last...

Minister: 1,846 expelled from TÜBİTAK due to Gülen links

Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Faruk Özlü announced on Friday that a total of 1,846 people have been sacked from the Scientific and...

PACE rejects Turkey’s candidate list for post of judge at ECtHR

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has rejected a three-person list Turkey submitted for the post of judge at the European...

2,988 consecutive life sentences sought for 38 suspects in main July 15 trial

A total of 2,988 consecutive life sentences are being sought for 38 out of 221 suspects in an indictment regarding a failed coup attempt...

Bomb threat in German town that cancelled Turkish minister’s speech

German police on Friday called for the evacuation of city hall in the southwestern German town of Gaggenau after it received a bomb threat. The...

Bild editor turns down TRT’s interview request over imprisonment of journalists in Turkey

Julian Röpcke, a political editor for the German Bild daily, tweeted on Thursday that he turned down an interview request by Turkey’s state-run TRT...

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