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Pro-gov’t daily claims Turkey considering purchase of Russian air defense system

The staunchly pro-government Yeni Akit daily claimed in a report on Wednesday that Turkey is contemplating the purchase of a Russian S-400 air defense...

Former Finance Minister Unakıtan passes away at age 70

Former Finance Minister Kemal Unakıtan died at the age of 70 at an İstanbul hospital on Wednesday morning where he had been receiving treatment...

108 arrested, 113 detained over coup charges on Tuesday

A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves hunted down and taken...

Top judicial body says ENCJ will be ‘embarrassed’ for accusing Turkey of unfair dismissals

Mehmet Yılmaz, deputy chairman of Turkey’s Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), has said the Brussels-based European Networks of Councils for the Judiciary...

Turkish deputy PM targets Gülen movement, saying it is Turkey’s ISIL

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has targeted the Gülen movement, a global civil society movement accused by Turkey’s government and President Recep Tayyip...

Lack of janitorial staff forces students to clean school bathrooms in Gaziantep

  Amid the purge of tens of thousands of teachers in Turkey’s post-coup era, a student in Gaziantep was documented cleaning the floor of a...

Imam whose son arrested over Gülen links commits suicide

An imam in the Turkish province of Mersin whose teacher son was arrested in a massive post-coup purge for alleged Gülen links committed suicide...

9 PKK terrorists killed on Tuesday

  A total of nine Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) members were killed in Turkey and in northern Iraq on Tuesday, according to statements released by...

[BREAKING] State of emergency in Turkey extended 3 months

The Turkish Parliament has approved a motion proposed by the Prime Ministry to extend for three months a state of emergency declared after a...

Kılıçdaroğlu says Turkey has 2 prime ministers, Yıldırım and Albayrak

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday accused the country's prime minister, Binali Yıldırım, of sharing his authority with Berat...

PM cancels scheduled iftar dinner for Alevi community

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, who invited Alevis from various associations for a fast-breaking dinner in İstanbul on Monday evening on the occasion of...

Leaked email shows no senior commander in TSK linked to Gülen

Although the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government claims a failed coup attempt in July was perpetrated by generals linked to the faith-based Gülen...

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