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Hunger striker teachers not brought to court for hearing

Jailed hunger striker teachers Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça were not brought to court for the first hearing of their trial on Thursday at...

CHP leader says Erdoğan, gov’t responsible for funeral attack

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Thursday called on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) to...

Turkey detains another journalist for insulting Erdoğan

Gökhan Özbek, a freelance journalist and an outspoken critic of Turkey’s post-coup human rights abuses, was detained on Thursday for allegedly insulting President Recep...

Heracles sculpture returned to Turkey after 50 years

The Sarcophagus of Heracles, which was smuggled out of Turkey after being found during an illegal excavation in the Aksu district of Antalya in...

HDP deputy’s mother buried in Tunceli after attack by ultranationalist group

Hatun Tuğluk, the mother of jailed Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aysel Tuğluk, was buried in Tunceli province on Thursday following a funeral ceremony at...

Ankara governor investigating attack on funeral of deputy’s mother

The Ankara Governor’s Office on Thursday said they had launched an investigation into a racist attack on the funeral of Hatun Tuğluk, mother of...

[VIDEO] HDP deputy’s mother removed from grave after racist attack

The body of Hatun Tuğluk, mother of jailed Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aysel Tuğluk, was on Wednesday removed from the grave after an...

Dutch IT firm debunks MİT report on ByLock that put 75K Turks behind bars

Dutch cyber security firm Fox-IT, known for providing cyber security solutions to governments, said on Wednesday that it had debunked a report by Turkey’s...

2 women briefly detained for drinking beer on Turkish beach

Two women in the northern Turkish province of Zonguldak were briefly detained by police on Tuesday for drinking beer on a public beach. According to...

300 more MHP members resign to join Akşener’s new party

Three hundred members of the Nationalist Movement Party’s (MHP) Afyonkarahisar provincial branch have resigned to join former MHP deputy Meral Akşener in her efforts...

[VIDEO] ‘Tekbir’ to replace Chopin’s ‘Marche Funèbre’ at funerals of fallen Turkish soldiers

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has ordered the playing of Ottoman-era composer Itri’s “Segah Tekbir” instead of Frédéric Chopin’s “Marche Funèbre” during funeral processions of fallen...

Detention warrants issued for 79 people linked to Gülen schools

Turkish authorities issued detention warrants on Wednesday for 79 people who used to work for private schools and private training centers that were shuttered...

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