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Top court head: Justice does not require everyone be treated equally in every situation

The president of Turkey's Constitutional Court, Zühtü Arslan, has said justice does not necessarily require that everyone in society be treated equally in every...

HDP Iğdır deputy Adıyaman released after brief detention

Mehmet Emin Adıyaman, a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) from Iğdır province, who was detained in the southeastern province of Gaziantep...

CHP deputy: Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk’s arrest was prearranged

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Ali Şeker has said the arrest of Ahmet Türk, a former deputy and also co-mayor of...

Police officer trying to stop mob attack on HDP office dies in fall from roof

Police officer Numan Şerif Tatlı, who was trying stop an attack by ultranationalist groups on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ümraniye office on...

Protesters cover pro-Kurdish HDP’s Konya office with Turkish flag

A group of protesters in Konya’s Ereğli district on Sunday hung a huge Turkish flag on the walls of the local pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic...

[UPDATE] Iranian vice president postpones Turkey visit without explanation

The first vice president of Iran, Eshaq Jahangiri, has suddenly postponed a visit to Turkey that was scheduled for Monday, local media reported. Jahangiri gave...

Mayors must secure permission for foreign trips under Turkey’s state of emergency

  The Ministry of Interior Affairs recently announced in a written statement that as part of a state of emergency in Turkey, the mayors of...

CoE’s Jagland condemns terrorist attack in Turkey

Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary-General Thorbjørn Jagland has condemned a terrorist attack in Turkey on Saturday that killed at least 13 soldiers. "I strongly condemn...

Deputy PM blames PKK for Kayseri bomb attack

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Justice and Development Party (AKP) government spokesperson Numan Kurtulmuş has blamed the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for a...

Turkish soldier succumbs to injuries sustained in Syria clashes

A Turkish soldier who was injured in clashes with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in northern Syria on Friday died...

Purge victims face discrimination by Turkish firm in controversial job posting

Discrimination in post-coup Turkey has reached a new level with companies discriminating against people who have lost their jobs in investigations targeting the government’s...

Lawyer sentenced to 15 years in jail time over links to Gülen movement

Lawyer Serdar Ateş on Friday was sentenced 15 years as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of orchestrating...

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