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Access to another Turkish media outlet blocked by government

Access to opposition news portal sendika12.org was blocked by the Turkish government on Monday. The media platform said the government has banned their website 14...

Doctor fired from hospital after being targeted by pro-gov’t newspaper

Abuzer Meral, a doctor at a private hospital in Turkey’s Yalova province, lost his job after the pro-government Yeni Akit daily targeted Meral over...

Group protests Israel’s proposed ban on call to prayer as new ambassador arrives in Ankara

A pro-Palestinian group in the Turkish capital staged a protest outside the Israeli Embassy on Monday as Israel's new ambassador to Turkey arrived in...

PM Yıldırım hopes to submit constitutional draft this week

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Monday said he plans to submit a constitutional amendment on the switch to a presidential system to Parliament before...

Turkey launches second military surveillance satellite

Turkey’s second military surveillance satellite, Göktürk-1, was launched from French Guiana on Monday with a ceremony held simultaneously in Ankara. The high-resolution earth observation satellite...

Wikileaks publishes Erdoğan’s son-in-law’s hacked emails

Several months after a Turkish hacker group leaked the inbox of Turkey’s energy minister and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law Berat Albayrak, Wikileaks has...

Kılıçdaroğlu says anyone can be arrested at any time in Turkey

Slamming an increasingly authoritarian rule in Turkey, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said during an address in Parliament on Monday...

Interior Ministry announces 61 PKK terrorists ‘rendered ineffective’ in past week

Turkey's Interior Ministry announced on Monday that a total of 61 terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were “rendered ineffective,”with 12 captured and...

[VIDEO] Israeli ambassador presents credentials to Erdoğan

Eitan Naeh, Israel’s new ambassador to Turkey, presented his credentials to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a ceremony at the presidential palace in...

Court rejects HDP Co-chair Demirtaş’s request for release

A Diyarbakır court on Monday rejected a request for the release of jailed Co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş. The Diyarbakır...

Prominent political scientist says Erdoğan’s only option is to hit wall

Professor Baskın Oran, an expert in political science, has said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has entered a cul-de-sac due to his increasingly authoritarian policies,...

CHP deputy: AKP trying to whitewash July 15 coup attempt

Turkey’s parliamentary Coup Investigation Commission member and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Aytun Çıray said the government wants the commission to send...

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