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Woman detained while showing newborn baby to jailed husband

S.Ö., whose husband was jailed a few weeks before she gave birth to a baby, was detained in Sakarya on March 8 when she...

Jailed journalist Şık says he is a ‘referendum hostage’ for being in ‘no’ camp

Prominent journalist and Cumhuriyet daily reporter Ahmet Şık, who was arrested last December on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda, said on Thursday that he...

Turkey’s Boğaziçi University dismisses its first academic, bringing total to 7,317

Noémi Levy-Aksu, an assistant professor of history at Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi University, has been dismissed from her position, the GazeteDuvar.com news website reported on...

Alleged head of ISIL in Turkey detained over insulting state officials

Halis Bayancuk, aka Abu Hanzala, who is known for his radical preaching and ties to Hezbollah and al-Qaeda and most recently as the head...

March held in İstanbul to mark women’s day

Women held a rally on İstanbul’s famous İstiklal Avenue on Wednesday night to celebrate International Women’s Day. Women, mostly from feminist organizations across Turkey, carried...

Education Ministry takes out name of world-famous pianist from draft curriculum

Turkey's Education Ministry has removed the name of world-famous Turkish pianist Fazıl Say from the draft curriculum of the music lesson in middle school,...

31 including professors detained at Anadolu University over Gülen ties

A total of 31 employees from the Eskişehir-based Anadolu University including professors were detained on Wednesday due to their alleged links to the Gülen...

Former deputy governor arrested over smart phone app use

As part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, Ahmet Can Pınar, a former deputy governor and current advisor on legal affairs in Ağrı...

Turkish FM to Germany: Do not lecture us on democracy

Amid strained ties over the cancellation of referendum rallies hosted by Turkish ministers in Germany, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told Germany on Tuesday...

Jailed HDP co-chair DemirtaÅŸ says indictment violates his rights

Imprisoned co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş said in court on Tuesday that the indictment violates his rights as a...

Translator at US Consulate in Adana arrested on terror charges

Hamza Uluçay, a translator who has served for long years at the US Consulate in the southern province of Adana, has been arrested on...

Turkey referred to UN Security Council over detained judge

The detention of Aydin Sefa Akay, a judge with the Mechanism for the International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), was referred to the United Nations Security...

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