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Turkey launches new offensive against PKK militants in Iraq

Turkey on Monday said it has launched a new air and ground offensive against outlawed Kurdish militants in northern Iraq involving special forces and...

Migrant found dead after shooting at Greece-Turkey border

A female migrant has been found dead after shooting erupted as she and others tried to cross into Greece from Turkey by boat, Greek...

Hundreds rally against threat to close Turkish women’s rights group

Hundreds of people demonstrated on Saturday in several Turkish cities including Ä°stanbul and Ankara against a move to close one of the country's most...

Turkey’s weak controls for illicit finance make it a transit country for drugs: report

Turkey's inadequate controls for addressing illicit finance make it a significant transit country for illegal drug trafficking, according to a March report by the...

Gunmen target opposition party building in eastern Turkey

Unidentified gunmen on Friday evening fired shots at a district office of the opposition Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) in the eastern province of...

Ankara bar management refuses to publish 3 more torture reports

The Ankara Bar Association, which attracted criticism for refusing to publish a report by the bar’s human rights committee on allegations of torture made...

Court rules for continuation of Osman Kavala’s detention

An Ä°stanbul court has ruled for a continuation of the detention of prominent businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been kept in jail...

Turkey rejects US human rights report amid news of death of inmates due to severe beating, mistreatment

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has rejected the 2021 human rights report published by the US Department of State on Tuesday amid news of the...

Turkey ordered detention of 68 people over alleged Gülen links in a week

Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 68 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Stockholm Center...

[ANALYSIS] Sinking of Moskva sparks debate on future of Russian navy and Montreux

Fatih Yurtsever* The Russian Navy's flagship in the Black Sea, the Slava cruiser RTS Moskva (121), sank on April 14 due to "stormy seas," according...

Journalists among 66 detained after attending Nevruz celebrations in Diyarbakır

Turkish police detained at least 66 people, including several journalists, on terrorism-related charges in Friday morning raids, for attendance at Nevruz celebrations in southeastern...

Former HDP lawmaker sentenced to prison on terrorism propaganda charges

A former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has been sentenced to 15 months in prison on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda,...

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