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Turkish actress denies accusations of insulting headscarved women

Turkish actress Deniz Çakır, who is under investigation for allegedly insulting a group of young women wearing headscarves at a mall, has denied the...

Amnesty renews call for international investigation into Khashoggi murder

Amnesty International has renewed a call for an international investigation into the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi -- a slaying that has...

Detention warrants issued for more than 100 soldiers over Gülen links

Turkey ordered the detention of more than 100 soldiers and former cadets over suspected links to the network of the US-based Muslim cleric who...

CHP İstanbul mayoral candidate meets with Erdoğan, seeks his vote

The mayoral candidate of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) for İstanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the...

AKP rejects motion to examine reasons for migration of Turks abroad

A parliamentary motion submitted by an opposition deputy to the Turkish Parliament that called for the establishment of a commission to investigate the reasons...

Top court’s prosecutor asks for revocation of rulings in prominent journalists’ trial

The chief public prosecutor of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has asked for revocation of the aggravated life sentences handed down to six journalists...

12 Turkish Air Forces noncommissioned officers detained over alleged Gülen links

Twelve active-duty noncommissioned officers at Turkey’s Air Forces Command have been detained as part of an operation against followers of the Gülen movement, which...

Informant on Gülen movement members says he fabricated testimony to avoid jail time

İbrahim Demirtaş, a major in the Turkish military who testified as an informant in investigations into sympathizers of the faith-based Gülen movement, has admitted...

Popular TV show includes Erdoğan’s remarks, gets presidential approval before airing

A member of the production crew of “Diriliş Ertuğrul,” a popular TV soap opera in Turkey and overseas, said that parts of President Recep...

Erdoğan says Turkey will restart cannabis production

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Wednesday that Turkey would restart the production of cannabis after claiming that Turkey’s enemies took away the...

17 judges and prosecutors disbarred over Gülen links

Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has disbarred 17 judges and prosecutors over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu...

Parliament speaker running for Istanbul mayor says elections not political activity

Turkey’s Parliament Speaker and former Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, who is running for mayor of İstanbul in the March 31 local elections, said on...

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