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Perinçek says Homeland Party informed pro-gov’t daily about coup attempt the day before

Ultranationalist Homeland Party (VP) Chairman Doğu Perinçek said on Tuesday that party officials had informed the pro-government Yeni Şafak daily about a possible coup...

CoE human rights commissioner urges Turkey to restore freedom of expression

Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe's (CoE) commissioner for human rights, said on Tuesday that the space for democratic debate in Turkey has shrunk alarmingly...

IVR cancels World Congress in İstanbul due to security concerns

The International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) has canceled its 28th World Congress scheduled to be held in İstanbul...

Detained near Greek border, former bureaucrat says can’t find job in Turkey

B.K., a former bureaucrat who was detained on Monday along with his wife, another couple and four children in Edirne while they were attempting...

Turkish pianist under detention over social media posts

Turkish pianist Dengin Ceyhan was detained on Tuesday over his social media posts. Born in 1991, Ceyhan is teaching at the Hacettepe University conservatory. No details...

Court releases 48 more air force academy students jailed on coup charges

An Ankara court on Monday ruled to release 48 Air Force Academy students who have been in pre-trial detention on coup participation charges. The cadets...

Former Galatasaray footballer accused of Gülen links released from prison

İsmail Demiriz, a former player with the Galatasaray football club who has been in pre-trial detention for months, was released on Tuesday during the...

One soldier killed in clash with PKK in Amanos Mountains

A Turkish soldier was killed in a clash between Turkish security forces and the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the Amanos Mountains...

CHP not to take constitutional reform package to top court for cancellation

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has announced that his party is not going to take a constitutional reform package which...

Headscarved young woman attacked on İstanbul minibus

A young woman wearing a headscarf was attacked by another woman who called her a "terrorist" on a minibus in İstanbul's Maltepe neighborhood on...

Suspected Reina attack planner arrested in İstanbul

A French citizen of Turkish origin has been arrested on charges of involvement in planning an attack on the popular Reina nightclub in İstanbul...

Hürriyet refuses to publish interview with author Pamuk for saying ‘no’ in referendum

One of the leading newspapers in Turkey, the Hürriyet daily, has refused to publish an interview with Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s most famous writer and...

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