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33 detained in İzmir-based operation against Gülen movement followers

Turkish police teams on Thursday detained 33 individuals in an operation based in the western province of İzmir against alleged followers of the Gülen movement, the...

Erdoğan calls İmamoğlu a ‘lame duck,’ says Sunday’s vote is ‘symbolic’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has described the opposition’s mayoral candidate in İstanbul, who won the first election on March 31, as a “lame duck” and...

Turkish journalists prevented from covering Erdoğan meeting with foreign colleagues

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, forced Turkish journalists to leave the room during a question and answer segment of a press conference with foreign journalists on Thursday. The...

Founding member of Turkish opposition party assaulted

Metin Bozkurt, one of the founding members of the İyi (Good) Party, was attacked by a group of eight unidentified individuals in İstanbul, the Cumhuriyet daily reported...

Some 415,000 Syrian babies born in Turkey since 2011: official

More than 415,000 Syrian babies have been born in Turkey since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, said an official from Turkey's Interior...

Journalist Coşkun acquitted of insulting Turkey’s president

An İstanbul on Thursday court ruled to acquit former Cumhuriyet daily court reporter Canan Coşkun of charges of insulting the president, the T24 news...

İstanbul to choose between AKP’s Yıldırım and Egypt’s el-Sisi on Sunday, Erdoğan says

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said the İstanbul mayoral election will be a choice between his party’s candidate, Binali Yıldırım, and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, apparently establishing...

Turkish journalist sentenced to 6 years, 3 months in prison over Gülen links

Haşim Söylemez, a Turkish investigative journalist who was working for the now-closed Aksiyon magazine, was sentenced to six years, three months in prison by...

17 prime suspects in 2016 coup trial given life sentences by Turkish court

The Ankara 17th High Criminal Court on Thursday handed down aggravated life sentences to 17 prime suspects in the main trial for the 2016 coup attempt,...

Candidates questioned about Islamic rituals, AKP values at İSKİ recruitment interview: report

Individuals who apply for a job at the İstanbul Water and Sewage Administration (İSKİ) are asked questions during the recruitment interview about the values promoted by...

Erdoğan says Ordu incident could block İmamoğlu’s path to mayoralty

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the opposition’s mayoral candidate for İstanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, may not be able to assume the post due to an...

İmamoğlu appears on state broadcaster for first time, alleging discrimination

Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayoral candidate for İstanbul from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), on Tuesday evening appeared on the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) for...

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