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40 face detention for alleged Gülen links in investigations in Ankara, İstanbul

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 40 people as part of two investigations in Ankara and Ä°stanbul due to their alleged links to...

Top court finds rights violation in discipline of inmate by prison administration

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found rights violations in the disciplinary punishment given by the prison administration to a convict in central Turkey for using...

Journalist refuses to pay fine, sent to jail for insulting AKP lawmaker

A journalist and the head of a journalist association in eastern Turkey was sent to jail after he refused to pay a fine he...

Gun violence surged by over 74 percent in Turkey in last 6 years: report

Incidents of gun violence in Turkey increased by 74.7 percent between 2015 and 2021, resulting in the death of 2,145 people last year, the...

AKP gov’t may be having talks with jailed PKK leader: opposition chair

Nationalist Ä°YÄ° (Good) Party leader Meral AkÅŸener has said she heard rumors of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government starting new talks with...

27-year-old Turkish asylum seeker lost in Evros River

Yunus Emre Ayyıldız (27), a Turk who fled his country to seek asylum in Greece, went missing on Thursday while crossing the Evros River. Ayyıldız...

Turkish authorities arrest pregnant asylum seeker pushed back from Greece

Turkish authorities arrested a pregnant woman on Saturday after she was pushed back from Greece, where she had fled to seek asylum, the Stockholm...

Suspect in 2002 murder of Turkish academic is seeking asylum in Bulgaria: lawyer

A lawyer representing a suspect in the 2002 murder of a Turkish academic who was detained in Bulgaria last month said his client has...

4 former officers on trial for Gülen links detained while trying to flee to Greece

Four former military officers who are standing trial in Turkey due to their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement were captured on Turkey’s...

Turkish singer removed from house arrest, put on judicial probation for religious schools remark

A Turkish court has decided to reverse a decision for house arrest imposed on a famous pop singer due to a remark about religious...

4 more Turkish soldiers killed in operations in Iraq

Four more Turkish soldiers were killed and two others were injured in a clash with Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, Turkey's defense ministry said...

Syrian refugees in Turkey plan caravan to reach EU

A group of Syrian refugees in Turkey is planning to form a caravan to reach the European Union, Agence France-Presse reported, citing organizers on...

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