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Erdoğan brags about the crowd in packed AKP convention amid pandemic

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan bragged about how packed the crowd was in an indoor meeting of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) as...

Turkey’s main opposition parties put blame on AKP for botched operation in Iraq

Turkey’s two largest opposition parties put the blame on the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for the failure of an operation in northern...

Former teacher imprisoned over Gülen links dies from COVID-19 weeks before his release

Ersoy Karamustafa, a former teacher arrested over alleged links to the Gülen movement, died in prison on Saturday of COVID-19, less than two months...

5-year-old girl succumbs to cancer without saying goodbye to her jailed father

Five-year-old Kübra Kuzan died of cancer on Sunday without being able to see her father, a purged bureaucrat jailed due to alleged links to...

Video shows multiple efforts by HDP for safe return of hostages held by PKK

A video released by the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has revealed that its lawmakers have brought the issue of 13 Turkish nationals who...

Erdoğan slammed for capitalizing on ‘martyrs’ for political gain

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has attracted widespread criticism after he called a woman during a party rally who had lost her son 24...

Civil society group founded by jailed businessman Kavala faces closure

A leading Turkish civil society group founded by jailed businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala on Tuesday rejected as "unlawful" a case filed by the...

Public tender valued at $2.9 million won by AKP-linked company

A public tender for construction work on a sewage system in the northeastern Turkish province of Artvin valued at TL 20,566,000 ($2.9 million) has...

Man staunchly opposed to AKP discovers he was enrolled in party years ago

A man who is standing trial on charges of insulting Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media has discovered that he was registered...

Turkey investigating Dutch far-right chief Wilders over tweet

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday launched an investigation into Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders over a tweet in which he wrote "terrorist" accompanying an image...

Did Turkey lose intelligence operatives in botched northern Iraq operation?

Cevheri Güven The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on Wednesday carried out a hostage rescue mission in northern Iraq that resulted in the death of all...

Former Turkish intelligence chief given suspended sentence on Erdoğan insult charges

A court on Monday handed down a suspended sentence of 11 months, 20 days to Sabri Uzun, former head of the National Security Directorate’s...

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