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Pro-Erdoğan journalist detained due to report on MİT secretary

Ömer Turan, a staunch supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been detained due to his report on Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Secretary...

Motion to extend mandate for cross-border operations presented to Parliament

A motion to extend a mandate for another year to conduct cross-border operations after the holding of a referendum on independence on Sunday by...

Parliament to hold extraordinary session amid tensions over ‘Kurdistan’ referendum

The Turkish Parliament will hold an extraordinary session on Saturday to discuss a motion to extend a mandate to conduct cross-border operations after the...

Local governor’s office bans journalism awards ceremony due to state of emergency

The Beyoğlu district governor’s office in İstanbul banned a journalism awards ceremony named after Kurdish dissident writer and activist Musa Anter and planned to...

Critical CNN Türk journalist parts ways with station

Journalist Nevşin Mengü, known for her critical stance towards the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announced on...

Former president’s advisor: Gül is getting ready for ‘something big’

Journalist Ahmet Takan, who was an advisor to former Turkish President Abdullah Gül, claimed in his column in the nationalist Yeniçağ daily on Thursday...

CHP deputy: Justice minister doesn’t know number of jailed journalists

Republican People’s Party (CHP) İzmir deputy Atila Sertel has said Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül was unable to provide the number of journalists jailed...

25 detained in Diyarbakır over ByLock app use

Turkish police on Thursday detained 25 people in Diyarbakır province on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock, the state-run...

14 lawyers arrested on terror charges

A total of 14 lawyers have been arrested on charges of alleged links to the Far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C), Turkish media reported...

Education Ministry recalls textbooks due to page on press freedom

The Turkish Education Ministry has issued a decision to immediately recall seventh grade textbooks due to a page on press censorship by the government,...

Erdoğan says Turkish people studying in West become voluntary agents

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said people who go to study in Western countries assimilate into their culture and become voluntary agents of...

Another soldier acquitted of coup charges after 11 months pretrial detention

Uğur Avcı, a former Gölbaşı district gendarmerie commander who was released from prison in June after 11 months in pretrial detention on charges of...

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