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Austria against Erdoğan holding referendum rally in country

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is "not welcome" to hold a rally in the country for an...

Investigation launched into Hürriyet due to report on army-gov’t relationship

The Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the Hürriyet daily over a report published on Saturday in which anonymous military...

77 percent of Germans against Erdoğan referendum rally in Germany

An overwhelming majority of Germans are against plans by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to hold a referendum rally in their country, according to...

855 detained, 48 arrested in anti-Gülen operations in one week

A total of 855 people were detained, with 48 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past...

[UPDATE] HDP deputy Ayhan released after brief detention

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy İbrahim Ayhan, who was detained at Şanlıurfa Airport in southeastern Turkey on Monday morning, was released later in...

[VIDEO] Police detain Kurdish mayor, hang Turkish flag on facade of town hall

A group of plainclothes policemen on Friday detained Mehmet Aydın, the mayor of Mardin’s Savur district from the pro–Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), and...

[UPDATE] ISIL’s alleged Turkey leader calls cancellation of his speech a threat

After the Ankara Governor's Office canceled a speech on Sunday by Halis Bayuncuk, also known as Abu Hanzala, the alleged Islamic State in Iraq and...

Kılıçdaroğlu says civilian coup took place with declaration of state of emergency

Chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Sunday that a civilian coup took place in Turkey on July...

Veteran Kurdish politician says Erdoğan ended peace process

Ahmet Türk, a veteran Kurdish politician who was recently released from prison due to health problems, said it was President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who...

Islamist professor: Purge victims are in a post-modern concentration camp

Professor Cihangir İslam, who is among over 7,000 academics fired from their jobs in Turkey in a post-coup purge, said the people who have...

Erdoğan’s chief advisor calls Hürriyet headline a threat

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief advisor, Yiğit Bulut, has targeted the Hürriyet daily and the Doğan media group for a story that reported on...

Pro-gov’t hitman calls for arrest of Hürriyet owner, journalist due to report on army

Cem Küçük, a staunchly pro-government journalist known for his social media attacks on government critics, has called on prosecutors to take legal action against...

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