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Pro-Kurdish ANF news agency director Maxime Demiralp arrested in Belgium

Fırat News Agency (ANF) director Maxime Demiralp, who was taken into custody in Brussels on Dec. 16, was arrested by a Belgian court the...

62 more teachers dismissed over alleged coup involvement in İzmir

Turkey’s Education Ministry has permanently dismissed a total of 62 teachers due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to several Turkish media...

Kremlin says too early to say who is behind Ankara envoy’s killing

The Kremlin said on Wednesday it was too early to say who masterminded the murder of Russia's ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, who was...

Protestant pastor arrested in Turkey ‘jailed with ISIL fighters’

Andrew Craig Brunson, an American pastor of a Protestant church in İzmir who was arrested on Dec. 9 on charges of links to a...

Turkey opens underwater tunnel linking Europe to Asia

A major underwater tunnel linking İstanbul’s European and Asian sides was opened Tuesday by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım. The Avrasya...

Turkey’s central bank holds rates despite tumbling lira

Turkey’s central bank, in an unexpected move, held interest rates steady, defying the already historically low Turkish lira on Tuesday. The main rates -- overnight...

Turkey detains prominent professor of law İştar Gözaydın

İştar Gözaydın, a leading law professor, was detained on Tuesday along with 13 other academics and staff members from the now-closed Gediz University as...

Death toll in twin bombings in İstanbul rises to 45

The number of people who were killed in twin blasts in İstanbul on Dec. 10 rose to 45 when one of the injured died...

Turkish foreign minister says 37,500 evacuated from Syria’s Aleppo

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has announced that a total 37,500 people have been evacuated from the Syrian city of Aleppo thus far and...

Kremlin says Russian investigators in Ankara after envoy’s assassination

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a group of Russian investigators had arrived in Ankara to help investigate the killing of Russian Ambassador Andrei...

US missions in Turkey to be closed on Tuesday after firearm incident

The US Embassy in Ankara and its consulates in İstanbul and Adana will be closed for normal operations on Tuesday after an individual approached...

[VIDEO] Erdoğan adviser: Why didn’t Russian ambassador have a security guard?

Burhan Kuzu, an advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Justice and Development Party (AKP) İstanbul deputy, questioned why the Russian Embassy in Ankara...

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