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Security footage confirms major’s testimony that he notified MİT of coup attempt

Newly revealed security camera footage confirms the timing in the testimony of a major, O.K. who claims he notified Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT)...

Closed DİHA journalists Güzüpek and Ertaş detained in Turkey’s Diyarbakır

Zekeriya Güzüpek, former head of the now-closed pro-Kurdish Dicle news agency (DİHA), and journalist Mehmet Ali Ertaş, an editor for DİHA’s Kurdish service, were...

8 including former Cihan news agency reporter detained over ByLock use

Eight people including a former reporter from the now-closed Cihan news agency were detained on Thursday for use of a smart phone application known...

Gov’t puts up for sale properties of 9 TV, radio stations seized from critics

Seven of the media outlets the Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale by the state-run Savings Deposit...

[UPDATE] 13 officers including general die in military helicopter crash

Thirteen officers including a general were killed in a helicopter crash in Turkey's southeastern province of Şırnak on Friday, Haberturk reported. The Şırnak Governor’s Office...

1,000 writers, journalists, politicians call on people to unite against one-man rule

A thousand people including writers, experts, artists, lawyers, intellectuals and politicians called on people to unite against one-man rule for peace and democracy in...

3 soldiers, 2 PKK members killed in Diyarbakır

Three Turkish soldiers and two terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed during clashes in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Wednesday,...

4.5-year jail sentence sought for historian on charges of insulting Atatürk

An indictment prepared by the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in İstanbul is seeking a jail sentence of four-and-a-half years for historian Mustafa Armağan...

Alleged head of ISIL in Turkey detained in İstanbul

Halis Bayancuk, also known as Abu Hanzala, the alleged Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader in Turkey, was detained in İstanbul...

Army chief: Coup attempt prematurely staged, foiled thanks to measures taken

In remarks that came as confirmation of Turkish authorities having prior knowledge of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, Chief of General Staff...

27 academics expelled from İzmir-based university detained over Gülen links

Twenty-seven academics who were previously expelled from the İzmir-based 9 Eylül University through government decrees have been detained due to alleged links to the...

Coup suspect general denies notifying army chief about unfolding coup attempt

Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, brother of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman Şaban Dişli and accused of being a ringleader of a...

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