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Man detained after shouting he would detonate himself in Adana mosque

A man was detained by police after he shouted “I will blow myself up!” in a mosque in the southern province of Adana ahead...

Bilgi University rector resigns after students’ protest over dismissal of academic for “insulting Erdoğan”

İstanbul Bilgi University Rector Prof. Dr. Mehmet Durman resigned from his post after he was protested by students in response to his dismissal of...

US drops case against Gülen brought by Turkey’s AK Party gov’t

Robert Mariani, United States judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, has dropped a case against US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, stating that...

Gov’t blocks access to daily’s website after report on “150 potential ISIS suicide bombers”

Turkey’s Telecommunications Directorate (TİB) blocked access to the website of the Yeni Hayat daily, following its lead story claiming there are currently 150 potential...

PKK raids construction site, sets vehicles on fire, allegedly abducts 25 workers

The terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) raided an asphalting site that is run by the 11th Regional Directorate of Highways in the predominantly Kurdish...

Pro-Kurdish HDP Co-Chairs subpoenaed for “terrorism propaganda”

Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office subpoenaed pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ for testimony on charges of “spreading terrorism...

İpek University becomes latest private entity seized by government

An Ankara court appointed a temporary trustee to the Koza İpek Foundation, which is the founder of İpek University, in what is the latest...

Death toll from İstanbul attack rises to 44 after airport employee dies at hospital

The death toll from Tuesday’s suicide attack at İstanbul Atatürk Airport increased to 44 after 25-year-old Yasin Öcal died at a hospital at around...

Concrete plant collapsed in İstanbul, 2 trapped in wreckage

A concrete plant collapsed in İstanbul’s Pendik area around 16.30 on Thursday. According to the initial examinations in the area, there are two workers trapped in...

Özgür Gündem editors-in-chief on duty Önderoğlu, Fincancı released

Founding President of the Turkish Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) Professor Şebnem Korur Fincancı and Turkey Representative of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Erol Önderoğlu...

Governor’s Office: Bombers of İstanbul attack from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia

İstanbul Governor’s Office has announced that the three suicide bombers who carried out the attack at İstanbul’s Atatürk Airport that killed 43 on Tuesday...

Workers’ union: Gov’t’s failure to take responsibility for terror attacks unacceptable

The Confederation of Revolutionary Workers' Unions (DİSK) released a statement on its website on Wednesday, emphasizing that the Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party)...

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