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CHP grills PM Yıldırım over Paradise Papers revelations

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) parliamentary group deputy chairman Özgür Özel on Monday lambasted Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım over the Paradise Papers,...

Turkish police seize passport of Communist party leader at airport

The passport of Erkan Baş, chairman of the People's Communist Party of Turkey (HTKP), was seized by Turkish police at an İstanbul airport on...

Detention warrants issued for 41 including comedian Demirci

The İzmir Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 41 people including Turkish comedian Atalay Demirci as part of an investigation into the...

Journalist Karaca sentenced to 31 years for slandering al-Qaeda-affiliated group

Samanyolu Broadcasting Group General Manager Hidayet Karaca has been sentenced to 31 years in prison by an Istanbul court on charges of membership in...

Court rules to keep award-winning human rights lawyer in jail

An Ankara court has ruled to continue the already year-long imprisonment of Murat Arslan, the last chairman of Turkey’s Judges and Prosecutors Association (YARSAV) who was awarded the...

23 more military members detained over alleged Gülen links

Twenty-three soldiers including 21 active-duty members of the military were detained on Thursday over suspected links to the faith-based Gülen movement, accused by the...

8 security force members, 5 PKK militants killed in clashes in SE Turkey

Six soldiers and two village guards were killed on Thursday in clashes with Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists in the southeastern province of Hakkari,...

NYT says jailed Turkish-Iranian gold trader Zarrab may plead guilty

Reza Zarrab, a Turkish gold trader who has been charged in Manhattan with conspiring to violate US sanctions on Iran, may be prepared to...

Turkish tech journalist released after brief detention over Gülen ties

Prominent technology journalist M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu was released after a brief detention on Wednesday over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government...

Turkish court arrests businessman and civil activist Kavala

Amid international calls for his release, an Istanbul court on Tuesday put businessmen and civil activist Osman Kavala, who was detained on Oct. 18,...

Turkish court rules Cumhuriyet daily journalists to remain in jail

An İstanbul court on Tuesday ruled that Cumhuriyet daily journalists who were arrested on Nov. 12, 2016 on terror charges will continue to remain...

Kılıçdaroğlu to Erdoğan: State is not a mafia that threatens family of a mayor

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday strongly criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over his pressure on mayors to resign,...

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