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Gov’t takes over 34 out of 106 DBP municipalities to date

Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has so far appointed trustees to 34 of 106 municipalities run by mayors from the pro-Kurdish Democratic...

CHP to hold public rallies to prevent ‘division of Turkey’

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will hold public rallies starting Dec. 3 with the slogan "We will not allow Turkey's division," according...

Turkey’s top judicial body dismisses 203 more judges, prosecutors

Turkey’s top judicial body, the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), has dismissed 203 more judges and prosecutors over alleged ties to the...

12 Kurdish politicians including Tunceli co-mayor arrested

Twelve Kurdish politicians including Tunceli Co-mayor Mehmet Ali Bul who were detained in the early hours of Thursday following searches of their homes were...

Former pro-Kurdish HDP deputy detained in Tunceli

Turkish police on Wednesday detained former deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and former co-mayor of Tunceli province Edibe Şahin on charges...

Court rejects HDP Co-chair Yüksekdağ’s request for release

A Diyarbakır court on Wednesday turned down a lawyer’s request for the release of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ. Yüksekdağ, along with...

Court rules HDP deputy Öcalan be brought by police to testify

A Şanlıurfa court has ruled that pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Dilek Öcalan must be escorted by police to testify at the next...

Erdoğan’s chief advisor to French journalist: Dictator is your mother

One of the chief advisors of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, journalist Saadet Oruç, forced the limits of civility when she responded to a Twitter...

Turkish gov’t reportedly bans EP rapporteur Kati Piri from entering Turkey

The Turkish government has reportedly banned Kati Piri, Turkey rapporteur for the European Parliament, from entering Turkey following the release of an EP report harshly...

US attorney in Zarrab case submits graft documents that implicate former Turkish ministers

US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara on Tuesday submitted new documents to a court in the case of Iranian-Turkish...

Turkish PM Yıldırım to meet with Russia’s Putin in December

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım will visit Russia on Dec. 5 and 6 and have meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart,...

Turkey seizes administration of 5 more companies over links to coup

Trustees were appointed on Monday to five companies in Kocaeli province due to alleged ties to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of...

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