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Report: Cyprus accuses Turkish military of obstructing gas drill ship

Cyprus on Sunday accused the Turkish military of preventing a ship contracted by Italian multinational oil and gas company Eni from proceeding to an...

35 more detained in 6 provinces over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police on Saturday detained 35 people including six lawyers as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news...

Detention warrant issued for HDP Co-chairperson Kemalbay

Turkish prosecutors on Friday issued a detention warrant for Serpil Kemalbay, co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP), just two days before a...

Law professor: State of emergency commission is AKP’s ‘gas chamber’

İbrahim Kaboğlu, a professor of constitutional law who was fired by a state of emergency decree on Feb. 7, 2017, said the commission established...

Erdoğan’s lawyers seek removal of rights activist Keskin from bar association

Lawyer and human rights activist Eren Keskin has announced that lawyers for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are seeking to ensure her removal from membership...

31 HDP, HDK officials detained in home raids ahead of HDP congress

Turkish police teams have detained 31 Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP) and Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK) officials in raids on their homes in İstanbul ahead...

Chairman says bar has always had national stance in response to Erdoğan

Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) Chairman Metin Feyzioğlu has said he was“astounded” by the remarks of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who questioned the...

Kılıçdaroğlu calls on top court to push for implementation of journalist ruling

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), on Tuesday called on the Constitutional Court to push for implementation of its...

Turkey to introduce Internet censorship with ban on sex cult leader’s broadcasts

The Turkish government is planning to grant the authority to censor Internet TV channels to Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) under the...

573 people detained to date over critical stance on Afrin offensive

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has announced that 449 people have been detained on terror charges due to their posts on social media critical of a...

Report: Authorities censor Islam Encyclopedia over alleged Gülen influence

The Islam Encyclopedia of the Religious Affairs Foundation (TDV), which is affiliated with Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), arguably one of the world’s...

Police detain İz Gazete editor-in-chief for criticism of Turkey’s Afrin operation

Ümit Kartal, editor-in-chief of the İzmir-based İz Gazete, has been detained on accusations of disseminating the propaganda of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD)...

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