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Jailed leader Demirtaş criticizes HDP for being stuck in ‘vacation mode’

The former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair, jailed politician Selahattin Demirtaş, criticized his party for staying in “vacation mode” after elections on June 24...

Drugs becoming scarcer in Turkish pharmacies due to currency crisis

Turkish pharmacists association chairman Erdoğan Çolak has stated that data show 503 types of drugs are being distributed only on a limited basis to...

Detention warrants issued for 22 military personnel over alleged Gülen links

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 22 military personnel who were dismissed following a failed coup attempt in...

Mistreatment in police custody leaves dismissed academic Gülmen with injured leg

Nuriye Gülmen, an academic who had been dismissed from her job last year by a Turkish government decree, has said her leg was injured...

Turkish pro-government columnist warns US about ‘new 9/11’

“If the internal stress in the US goes on like this, the possibility of another 9/11 is not all that remote,” Turkish columnist Abdurrahman...

Health Ministry seeks to reverse growing anti-vaccination trend in Turkey

Alarmed by the growing anti-vaccination sentiment among parents in recent years, Turkey’s Health Ministry has taken action to reverse this potentially dangerous trend, the...

Nationalist Turkish party proposes prison terms for ‘misleading’ polling results

Vice Chairman of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Mevlüt Karakaya has announced a bill calling for between two and five years’ imprisonment for pollsters...

Heavy floods damage 66 houses, 264 shops in Turkey’s Ordu province

Flash floods caused by heavy rains that hit Turkey's northern Ordu province damaged 66 houses and 264 shops, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported...

Turkish journalist sent to prison over reports on Turkish army operations

Uğur Akgül, a former reporter for the now-closed Dicle news agency (DİHA), began serving a sentence at Mersin Prison on Wednesday for reporting on...

Boat carrying migrants sinks off Turkey leaving 9 people dead

Nine people died early on Thursday when a boat carrying migrants sank off the western coast of Turkey, Euronews reported citing the Turkish coast...

Daughter of journalist Türköne: My father will spend yet a third birthday in prison

Sıla Türköne, the daughter of jailed Turkish journalist Mümtazer Türköne, has said her father will celebrate yet a third birthday in Silivri Prison, sharing...

Purged former NATO officer comes out of the shadows for those jailed in Turkey

Former Lt. Cdr. Cafer Topkaya, a purged and jailed Turkish naval officer who was assigned to NATO prior to a failed coup in Turkey,...

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