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Finance minister sends thank you note to businessman convicted of Gülen links

Turkey’s Finance Minister Berat Albayrak has sent a thank you note to businessman Hüseyin Nuri Çomu, who was convicted of terrorism due to his alleged links...

10 guns owned by Turkish state broadcaster went missing: opposition deputy

Ten guns owned by the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) İzmir Regional Directorate have gone missing and no investigation has been launched into their whereabouts,...

Erdoğan says İmamoğlu can’t become mayor unless he apologizes to governor

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said opposition candidate for İstanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu cannot assume the post if he does not apologize to a governor...

Turkey’s communist party to boycott İstanbul election

The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) released a written statement on Monday, calling on its base to boycott the repeat mayoral election in İstanbul scheduled for June...

46 percent of viewers say opposition’s İmamoğlu more successful in TV debate

Forty-six percent of viewers found opposition İstanbul mayoral candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu “more successful” than the ruling party’s Binali Yıldırım in a TV debate aired on Sunday,...

NBA star Kanter’s father to appear in court over Gülen ties

NBA star Enes Kanter’s father will appear in court on Tuesday on charges of membership in the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Mehmet...

İstanbul mayoral candidates face off in TV debate for next week’s election

The two leading contenders for İstanbul mayor faced off in a political debate Sunday, a week before the city is set to hold a repeat of...

Migrant boat sinks off Turkey leaving at least 12 dead: report

A boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off the Turkish coast on Monday, leaving at least twelve migrants dead, The Associated Press reported. The Turkish...

Former HDP deputy Ferhat Encü released from prison

Former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şırnak deputy Ferhat Encü was released from Kandıra Prison in northern Turkey on Friday where he had been jailed since February...

Wife of exiled Turkish journalist reunites with family despite being denied passport

Dilek Dündar, the spouse of journalist Can Dündar, who lives in exile in Germany, announced on Friday that she has finally been able to rejoin her...

Pro-gov’t journalist attacked after insults targeting Turkish generals

Pro-government Yeni Akit daily journalist Murat Alan was beaten on Friday in an İstanbul neighborhood by four men with sticks, the Habertürk news website reported. Alan was...

Turkish Interior Ministry designates partner foundation as terrorism-linked

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has declared a foundation that has worked with the ministry on dozens of projects on refugees to be linked to terrorism, the T24...

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