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Erdoğan on Gül’s candidacy: I don’t have a problem with that

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said the possible candidacy of former President Abdullah Gül from the opposition side would not change his...

Erdoğan would like to teach CHP deputy a lesson over coup night remarks

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized an opposition deputy over his remarks concerning the whereabouts of Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on the night of...

İYİ Party names chairwoman Akşener as its presidential candidate

İYİ Party leader Meral Akşener will be the party’s presidential candidate in the upcoming presidential election to be held on June 24, according to...

Purged civil servant abducted in Ankara, says parent

Orçun Şenyücel, a former public employee who was dismissed from his job at the Competition Authority in 2016, has been abducted by an unknown...

Erdoğan walks out of Turkish Parliament due to state of emergency criticism

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan left a special session in the Turkish Parliament on Monday earlier than expected when opposition party leaders directed criticism...

CHP leader says he condemns July 20 coup in reference to state of emergency

Leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized an ongoing state of emergency declared on July 20, 2016 shortly...

532 detained in one week over alleged Gülen links

A total of 532 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Turkish Interior...

Turkish courts hand down 889 life sentences in coup trials to date

Turkish courts have thus far handed down 889 life sentences in 137 cases involving a failed coup in 2016, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency. A...

15 CHP deputies join İYİ to secure the party a run in June snap elections

Fifteen deputies from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) have resigned and joined the İYİ (Good) Party as part of a tactical move...

Uncertainty over CHP’s presidential candidate persists

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has not yet announced who the party’s presidential candidate will be in an election to be held...

Journalist claims man missing for 133 days tortured, forced to sign deposition

Journalist Erk Acarer has claimed that Ümit Horzum, a former civil servant who was found 133 days after he went missing in Ankara, was...

Turkey accuses Greece of protecting coup plotters with release of officer

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has accused Greece of protecting military officers who were allegedly involved in a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July...

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