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Small business owners, housewife arrested on coup charges in Nevşehir

A Nevşehir court on Sunday ruled for the arrest of two small business owners, a lawyer and a housewife as part of an investigation...

Turkey’s ex-military attaché to Brazil arrested on coup charges

Necmi Cansever, Turkey’s former military attaché to Brazil, was arrested by a court on Monday on charges of alleged membership in the Gülen movement,...

[VIDEO] Controversial pro-Erdoğan cleric demands fatwa for state to execute Gülen followers

  Nurettin Yıldız, a controversial cleric and a staunch supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, demanded a fatwa from Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) suggesting...

Turkey issues ban on media coverage of Russian envoy assassination

  Adding to a series of gag orders on critical topics, Turkey on Monday issued a ban on media coverage regarding details of the investigation...

Putschist Maj. Gen. Dişli’s photo fuels debate

A new photo of Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, one of the alleged leaders of a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15  and brother...

Scriptwriter fired for insulting Erdoğan’s son

An author and scriptwriter announced on Twitter on Monday that she had been fired by a production company after a court ruled for payment...

Sister of Russian envoy’s murderer denies Gülen links

While President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the government and pro-government media argue that the police officer who murdered the Russian ambassador to Turkey last week...

Palace spokesperson ignores question on ISIL captive soldiers

Days after the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) released a video claiming to have burnt two Turkish soldiers alive, the Turkish...

1,096 detained, 426 arrested over Gülen links in last week

Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Monday announced the latest purge tally, stating that in the last week 1,096 people had been detained over links to...

1 more Turkish soldier dies, bringing total loss to 38 in operation against ISIL

With the death of a soldier injured in an attack on Wednesday carried out by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...

HDP deputy co-chair, 2 more Kurdish politicians detained

The deputy co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Aysel Tuğluk, was detained in Ankara on charges of alleged terrorism on Monday. In a separate...

[VIDEO] Turkish FM: Time has come to bring Erdoğan, AKP together again

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Sunday that the time has come to bring President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and...

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