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Police search abducted man’s house in Ankara

Police teams searched the house of Turgut Çapan, a former employee of Turgut Özal University who mysteriously went missing in Turkey's capital of Ankara...

Turkey ranks 155th in RSF’s World Press Freedom Index

Turkey, which has around 200 journalists jailed in its prisons, is ranked 155th among 180 countries in the 2017 World Press Freedom Index released...

Erdoğan says Zarrab is his citizen, Turkey has to stand behind him

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said a Turkish-Iranian businessman, Reza Zarrab, who was arrested in the US in 2016 for violating sanctions against...

[UPDATE] Detention warrants issued for 4,900 in police force in massive anti-Gülen operation

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for a total of 4,900 people in the police force due to their alleged links to the faith-based...

Judges who attempted to release Samanyolu TV CEO sentenced to 10 years in jail

Judges Metin Özçelik and Mustafa Başer who in April 2015 unsuccessfully ruled to release Hidayet Karaca, the head of the now-closed opposition broadcaster Samanyolu...

4 soldiers killed in PKK attacks in Şırnak, Kars

Four Turkish soldiers were killed in separate attacks by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists in the southeastern province of Şırnak and the eastern province...

Greek court rules against extradition of 3 Turkish soldiers

A Greek court on Tuesday ruled against the extradition of three of eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece last July following a failed...

PACE decides to reopen monitoring process against Turkey

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Tuesday decided to reopen political monitoring  of Turkey "until its concerns are addressed in...

Council of State rejects case filed by CHP challenging referendum results

Turkey's Council of State has rejected a case filed by the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) demanding the cancellation of the results of...

CHP deputy asks about 7 abducted purge victims in parliamentary question

Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has submitted a parliamentary question to the Parliament Speaker's Office in which he asks about the...

Purged civil servants detained while fleeing to Greece

Three individuals and six former civil servants who were dismissed from their posts in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on July 15...

Turkish military says struck PKK targets in Iraq’s Sinjar, northeastern Syria

The Turkish military has carried out air strikes against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants near Iraq's Sinjar mountains and in northeastern Syria to prevent...

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