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Explosive device kills 3 Turkish soldiers in Afrin

Three Turkish soldiers were killed and three others were injured in an explosion in the Afrin region of Syria on Thursday, the state-run Anadolu...

Turkey’s RTÜK to monitor Internet TV channels

At a time when Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) is strictly monitoring broadcasts on national television and radio stations, the Turkish government...

Turkey’s Kırşehir Governor Şentürk vows to occupy Mosul and Jerusalem

Necati Şentürk, the governor of Turkey's Kırşehir province, who was appointed by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government led by Turkish President Recep...

Erdoğan aide says Russia is more strategic ally for Turkey than US

Yiğit Bulut, chief advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said on public TV that Russia is more of a strategic partner and ally...

Turkey’s largest media group Doğan sold to Demirören

The largest media company in Turkey, the Doğan Media Group, which has been harshly criticized for acting as a mouthpiece of the Turkish government...

Agricultural engineer goes missing in Rize

An agricultural engineer, Nuh Yiğit, has disappeared in the Black Sea province of Rize where he went earlier this week to look for a...

Interior Ministry: 24,545 Turks renounced their citizenship in 2016

The Turkish Interior Ministry’s General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs has announced that a total of 24,545 Turks renounced their Turkish citizenship in...

UN reports on human rights violations and abuses in southeast Turkey

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday reported on allegations that the human rights violations and abuses...

UN: Approximately 300 journalists arrested, detained in Turkey in 2017

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday stated that it had received reports on the arrest and...

UN report exposes torture in Turkey

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday exposed details of torture cases in Turkey last year and...

UN to Turkey: End state of emergency, torture, ban on dismissed civil servants

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday called on the Turkish government to promptly end an ongoing...

Journalist’s lawyer brother tortured for demanding forensic report about July 15 coup attempt

Journalist and well-known TV news presenter Nevşin Mengü has said her lawyer brother, Burak Mengü, who on Saturday was detained, beaten and left in...

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