38 C
Frankfurt am Main

CATEGORY

National

[VIDEO] 668 young children to welcome Eid al-Adha in Turkish prisons

Six hundred sixty-eight children under the age of 6 will welcome the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha (Kurban Bayramı) on Friday in jails across...

Indian political cartoonist portrays forced disappearances of Turkey’s purge

Aseem Trivedi, an Indian free speech activist and cartoonist, has drawn cartoons of 13 Turkish citizens who have allegedly been abducted or disappeared after...

AKP deputy warns colleagues not to greet Gülen followers at Eid, says report them to police

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) parliamentary group deputy chairman and Kayseri deputy Mustafa Elitaş warned party members in Kayseri on Thursday not to...

10 injured in İzmir bomb explosion targeting prison bus

Ten people, nine prison guards and a driver, were injured on Thursday in the western Turkish province of İzmir when an explosive device in...

Van Governor’s Office bans protests and marches for one month

The Van Governor’s Office has prohibited the issuance of press releases, the setting up of tents and stands, sit-ins and similar forms of protest...

General first tortured as putschist, then released for resisting coup

Air Forces Chief of Personnel Maj. Gen. Cevat Yazgılı was first jailed and tortured for allegedly supporting a botched coup attempt on July 15,...

Author Erdoğan says imposition of travel ban is psychological torture

Turkish author Aslı Erdoğan, who was released on Dec. 29, 2016 after 132 days in jail due to links to the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem...

Ankara chief public prosecutor shares photo with Erdoğan on Twitter

Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor Yüksel Kocaman on Wednesday tweeted a photo taken with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at a Victory Day reception at...

President of top court criticized for bowing to Erdoğan

The president of Turkey's Constitutional Court (AYM), Zühtü Arslan, has been criticized on social media for bowing to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at a...

Gen. Akar’s wife dons headscarf during Victory Day reception

Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar’s wife, Şule Akar, put on a headscarf on Wednesday as the Quran was being read at an...

Report: Turkish security forces located prime coup suspect, failed to catch him

Turkish security forces located Adil Öksüz, the prime suspect of a failed coup last year, when he was trying to flee Turkey but failed...

Turkey celebrates Victory Day, commemorating end of War of Independence

Turkey on Wednesday celebrated Victory Day, marking the 95th anniversary of the Aug. 30, 1922 victory of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk over the Greek military,...

Latest news