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Yet another social media user arrested for insulting Erdoğan

E.D., who was detained in İzmir for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, was arrested by an İzmir court on...

Turkey to finish 911-kilometer-long wall on Syrian border

A wall that Turkey has been building on its border with Syria to prevent illegal crossings is expected to be completed in April, with...

[UPDATE] THY cancels all flights until midnight due to continuing snow in İstanbul

Turkish Airlines (THY) announced on Twitter that all its flights have been cancelled until midnight on Monday due to the continuing snowfall in İstanbul...

CHP local branch members attacked, detained over call to protect secularism

Three people from the main opposition Republican People's Party’s (CHP) youth branch in Sakarya’s Serdivan district were battered by an angry mob that chanted...

Disabled civil servants dismissed by latest post-coup decree

Two disabled public workers were reported to have been dismissed in a new government decree Turkey announced as part of its post-coup emergency rule...

If not Iraq and IKRG, Turkey will do what is needed in Sinjar

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım called on Baghdad and Arbil to take action against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) presence in Sinjar, Iraq,...

Police officer suspended due to Gülen links commits suicide

A police officer who was suspended from his job due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement committed suicide on Saturday shortly after...

Persistent academic protester among 649 recently purged

Academic Nuriye Gülmen, who was detained dozens of times for protesting dismissal from her university position, has been purged from the civil service along...

Turkey to cancel licenses of media outlets disobeying gag orders

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) will be able cancel licenses of Turkish media outlets as part of new decrees issued on Friday...

CHP deputy claims fraudulent voting by ruling AKP deputies in Parliament

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) parliamentary group deputy chairman Levent Gök has said ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputies cast votes on...

Canadian-Turkish national under custody in Turkey for insulting Erdoğan

Ece Heper, a 50-year-old Canadian-Turkish national, has joined the ranks of those who are being punished for "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Arriving in Turkey...

Erdoğan says Turkey will grant citizenship to some Iraqi, Syrian refugees

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey would grant citizenship to some of the millions of Syrian and Iraqi refugees currently living in Turkey, while...

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