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HDP deputy Baluken released from jail

İdris Baluken, one of 11 pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies who were arrested in late 2016, has been released from jail. Baluken, who is...

625 detained, 42 arrested in anti-Gülen operations in one week

A total of 625 people were detained, with 42 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past...

Pro-Kurdish district mayor in Ağrı arrested on terror charges

A pro-Kurdish district mayor in the eastern province of Ağrı has been arrested as part of a terrorism probe. Pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) mayor...

Detention warrants issued for 15 at Air Forces Command over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 10 officers and five civilians at the Air Forces Command over their alleged links to the faith-based...

Cem Toker steps down as LDP leader

Turkish politician Cem Toker has resigned as the leader of the Liberal Democrat Party (LDP), a post in which he served for more than...

[UPDATE] HDP deputy Yıldırım released after brief detention in Diyarbakır

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Van deputy Nadir Yıldırım, who was detained in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Monday morning, has been released. Yıldırım...

Police wait outside hospital to detain woman following delivery

A group of police officers awaited outside Antalya's Alanya Başkent Hospital in order to detain a woman who had given birth several hours earlier,...

Iranian-Kurdish writer Jiyar Cihanferd jailed in Mardin over terror links

A Mardin court on Sunday ruled for the arrest of Iranian-Kurdish writer Jiyar Cihanferd and his friend Hassan Balada on charges of “membership in...

15 police officers detained in Sakarya over coup links

A total of 15 police officers were detained in Sakarya province on Sunday over alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Habertürk daily has...

[VIDEO] Aide reveals Erdoğan ordered removal of French statues during Africa visit

Yiğit Bulut, a close aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has revealed that the president asked for the removal of historical French statues during...

Erdoğan to hold rallies in 40 provinces to seek support for executive presidency

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will hold rallies across 40 provinces to seek public support for government plans to introduce an executive presidency, which will...

Turkish army chief visits Kardak islets amid strained relations with Greece

Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar on Sunday paid a surprise visit to the disputed Aegean islets of Kardak at a time...

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