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Police detain 4 suspects in Gaziantep over links to ISIL

Turkish special forces and counterterrorism units raided three locations in the southeastern province of Gaziantep, detaining four suspects over links to the terrorist Islamic...

Opposition criticizes 3-month extension of state of emergency

Following an announcement by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government extending for three months a state of emergency put into effect in Turkey...

Altan’s lawyer slams pro-gov’t newspapers over ‘manipulative’ report

Lawyer Ergin Cinmen, who represents jailed journalist and author Ahmet Altan, has criticized four pro-government newspapers, all of which ran stories on Monday showing...

Turkish government extends state of emergency for another 3 months

The state of emergency will be extended for three months starting from Oct. 19, said Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş following the weekly Cabinet...

RedHack leaks reveal rise of Turkey’s pro-government Twitter trolls

An article published by Internet newspaper The Daily Dot on Friday shows how the leaked emails of Berat Albayrak, the Turkish energy minister and...

PM asks citizens for help in witch-hunt against Gülen sympathizers

Speaking to a group of small business owners in at Çankaya Palace on Monday, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım encouraged citizens to inform on...

11 PKK terrorists killed in Hakkari

Eleven Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists were killed on Monday during operations in the Farashing/Beytüşşebap region in the southeastern province of Hakkari, the state-run...

PKK attack kills 2 soldiers in Hakkari

Two soldiers were killed and one was wounded in a roadside bomb attack perpetrated by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists in southeastern Hakkari province on...

40 arrested, 87 detained over coup charges on Sunday

At least 40 people were arrested while 87 others were detained on Sunday, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in eight provinces across Turkey....

2 Turkish ministers allegedly use mobile app that caused hundreds of detentions

Two ministers from Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) have been found by security authorities to be using a smart phone application named ByLock...

Justice minister: 1,500 prison personnel, guards suspended in Turkey post-coup probe

Some 1,500 prison personnel and guards have been suspended over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the Turkish government accuses of orchestrating a...

Turkish football club displays support on pitch for Erdoğan’s presidential bid

Players of the Sakaryaspor football club publicly displayed their endorsement for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s drive for an executive presidency before a match on Sunday. The...

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