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Turkish nationalist leader discharged after 3 weeks in hospital

Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli was discharged from a hospital on Monday where he had been undergoing treatment since Sept. 23 for an...

4 Turkish soldiers killed since beginning of Turkish incursion into northern Syria

Four Turkish soldiers have been killed since Wednesday, when the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) launched a military offensive in northern Syria against the Kurdish People’s Protection...

Turkey detains 121 social media users for criticism of Syria incursion

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of 121 social media users for criticizing a military operation in northeast Syria on charges of insulting the national identity,...

AKP deputy says some circles trying to smear him over Uzbek maid’s death

In his first public statement about the alleged suicide of an Uzbek maid in his house last month, ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Şirin...

Turkey’s main opposition party calls on gov’t to contact Syrian regime amid military offensive

Engin Özkoç, the group deputy chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), on Thursday urged the government to establish diplomatic channels with the Syrian government...

Prosecutor seeks 30 years for Kurdish mayor removed from office by Turkish gov’t

The Van Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has drafted an indictment that seeks up to 30 years in prison for Bedia Özgökçe Ertan, the former Kurdish mayor...

[UPDATE] 6 killed, 70 injured in YPG attacks on Turkish border towns

Rockets and mortar shells fired by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) on several Turkish districts in Turkey’s southeastern provinces of Şanlıurfa and Mardin killed six...

Turkey detains 21 critics of military offensive in northeast Syria: report

Turkish authorities on Thursday launched investigations into leaders of the pro-Kurdish opposition and detained 21 people for criticizing a military offensive against a Kurdish militia in northeast...

Man employed by former Ankara mayor as ‘Fetö specialist’ never worked

Çetin Acar was employed as a specialist on Fetö, a derogatory term coined by the Turkish government to refer to the Gülen movement as a terrorist...

MHP leader’s 16-day absence from public view leads to speculation about his health

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has been out of the public eye for 16 days due to health problems, a situation that has led...

Turkish-Armenian rights activist released on probation following brief detention

Arlet Natali Avazyan, a Turkish human rights activist of Armenian origin who was detained in İstanbul on Tuesday due to a family photo of Turkish Foreign...

Parents who lost 2 children in boat tragedy recount horror at sea

The parents of two children who died in a boat accident in the Aegean Sea while trying to flee Turkey to avoid an ongoing government crackdown...

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