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Purged civil servant abducted in Ankara, says parent

Orçun Şenyücel, a former public employee who was dismissed from his job at the Competition Authority in 2016, has been abducted by an unknown...

US senators urge Erdoğan to release American pastor Brunson

Sixty-six US senators signed a letter released on Friday urging Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to free an American pastor on trial in Turkey...

Turkey accuses Greece of protecting coup plotters with release of officer

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has accused Greece of protecting military officers who were allegedly involved in a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July...

AKP spokesperson claims Erdoğan has around 55 percent of the vote

Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesperson Mahir Ünal has said public support for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s presidential candidacy is at around 55 percent,...

Academic Çalışkan sentenced to 18 months in prison over Gülen propaganda

Associate Professor Koray Çalışkan, who was detained on July 10 as part of an investigation into 20 university academics and later released under house...

US President Trump in a tweet urges Turkey to release Pastor Brunson

US President Donald Trump in a tweet on Tuesday urged the Turkish government to free Pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been jailed since October...

Turkey extends emergency rule for seventh time

Turkey’s state of emergency was extended on Wednesday by another three months for the seventh time as the Turkish Parliament ratified a motion proposed...

Gülen-linked teacher deported from Malaysia gets 18-year jail sentence

A high criminal court in the Turkish capital of Ankara has handed down a jail sentence of 18 years to Alaaddin Duman, a teacher...

12 defendants given aggravated life sentences in main coup trial in İstanbul

An İstanbul court on Tuesday handed down aggravated life sentences to 12 defendants including four generals on charges of violating the constitution due to...

Critical writer Eliaçık sentenced to 6 years, 3 months on terror charges

Renowned Islamic theologian and writer İhsan Eliaçık has been sentenced to six years, three months in prison on charges of disseminating the propaganda of...

702 detained in one week over alleged Gülen links

A total of 702 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Turkish Interior...

3 soldiers killed in PKK attack in Şırnak

Three soldiers were killed and one was injured in a clash with terrorists from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern province...

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