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Former AKP deputy arrested over Gülen links

Former Justice and Development Party (AKP)  Mersin deputy Ahmet Tevfik Uzun, who was detained on Monday morning as part of an operation targeting the...

Turkish Consulate in Warsaw seizes passport of news portal founder

Turkey’s Consulate General in Warsaw has seized the passport of a Turkish national in Poland as part of a growing pattern of arbitrary refusal...

RSF calls for immediate release of French photojournalist detained in Turkey

The Turkey branch of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for the immediate release of French photojournalist Mathias Depardon, who was detained on Monday...

Journalist Yıldız detained with 1-year-old baby in İstanbul

Journalist Nevin Yıldız, the responsible manager of the now-closed-down TV10 TV station, was detained at İstanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport on Tuesday night with her...

CHP, HDP deputies quit HSYK nomination commission

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have quit the parliamentary Justice and Constitution Commission, which gathered...

Wikipedia challenges access ban at Turkey’s top court

Online encyclopedia Wikipedia has taken a court decision to ban access to the website that went into effect on April 29 to Turkey's Constitutional...

Police officer who caused death of 2 children in Silopi arrested

A police officer whose actions led to the death of two children in the Silopi district of Şırnak province last week when the armored...

Turkish Parliament strips jailed HDP deputy Aydoğan of parliamentary status

The Turkish Parliament has stripped jailed pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır deputy Nursel Aydoğan of her parliamentary status after a sentence of 56...

Cumhuriyet reporter receives suspended sentence for MİT story

An İstanbul court on Tuesday decided on a suspended 10-month sentence for Cumhuriyet daily reporter Canan Coşkun for her reports on the Turkish intelligence...

40 consecutive life sentences sought for Reina attacker

An indictment drafted by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office seeks 40 aggravated life sentences and an additional jail sentence of up to 2,397...

Detention warrants issued for 110 officers over alleged Gülen links

The Tekirdağ Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued detention warrants for a total of 110 officers as part of an investigation into the faith-based...

Let’s not delay in reinstating death penalty, MHP leader says

Leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli has called on the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

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