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Turkey issues detention warrants for 36 military personnel over alleged Gülen links

The Muğla Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 36 military members, including one who had previously been dismissed as part...

Gülen-linked couple in detention allegedly pressured to become informers

Adem and Birsen Erdoğdu, a couple who both suffer from heart problems, have been kept in detention for nine days in Sakarya province and...

Erdoğan to EP: We will not leave Afrin until our work is done

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has told the European Parliament, which recently called on Turkey to withdraw its troops from the Afrin region of...

Lawyer of jailed military officers arrested over alleged Gülen links

Lawyer Kemal Uçar, known for his critical statements concerning the July 15, 2016 coup attempt cases, has been arrested after 11 days of detention...

CHP takes controversial immunity decree to Turkey’s top court

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has challenged a controversial government decree that grants immunity to civilians in terror and coup cases, at...

Jailed journalist facing new trial for not calling Gülen movement a terror organization

Journalist Emre Soncan, who has been behind bars for 20 months, is facing a new trial for not describing the Gülen movement as a...

Erdoğan says new anthems needed to describe July 15 ‘legend,’ Afrin operation

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the country is in need of new anthems like Turkey’s national anthem to describe events such as...

Former Turkish minister wanted in the US returns to Erdoğan’s ruling party

Former Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan, wanted in the United States, has returned to the Justice and Development Party (AKP), columnist Batuhan Çolak wrote...

CHP leader slams prosecutor office statement on Açıkkollu’s death

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday hit back at a statement issued by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office...

New electoral amendments go into effect after hasty approval by Parliament

A 26-article legislative package that makes it possible for political parties to form election alliances and amends some parts of the Election Law ahead...

Detention warrants issued for 33 more military members over alleged Gülen links

The Ankara and Kırşehir chief public prosecutor's offices on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 33 active duty and purged military members of varying ranks...

Turkish gov’t has detained one in three HDP members since 2015

The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has detained about a third of all pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) members since July...

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