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Islamic scholar Gülen’s brother arrested after 15 days under detention

One of the brothers of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, Kutbettin Gülen, who was detained in the western province of İzmir on Oct. 2,...

61 more police officers arrested over ByLock use

Sixty-one more police officers have been arrested due to their use of a smart phone application called ByLock, raising the number of police officers...

Turkish jobless rate rises to 10.7 pct in July

The unemployment rate in Turkey grew from 10.2 percent to 10.7 percent year-on-year in July, the Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat) said on Monday. The jobless...

7 Turks fleeing to Romania returned to Turkey by Bulgarian authorities

Seven Turkish citizens have been detained while attempting to flee to Romania through Bulgaria, according to Turkish media. Three police officers dismissed under post-coup emergency...

3 Kurdish politicians detained in Muş province

Turkish police on Monday detained three politicians from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) in the southeastern province of...

Court appoints trustees to 54 companies in Adana

An Adana court on Monday appointed trustees to 54 companies in the province over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. Trustees were appointed...

AKP deputy chairman: PKK, ISIL, FETÖ are crusader organizations serving same purpose

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman Yasin Aktay has said the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

Torture in prison renders Turkish professor unable to even count coins

Under arrest as part of an investigation into a July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, a Turkish professor has been rendered incapable of even...

Kidney patient beaten up by Silivri prison guards while talking on phone

In the latest of allegations detailing widespread maltreatment of prisoners in Turkey, a female kidney patient was kicked in the groin by guards at...

27 police officers detained over use of ByLock

Twenty-seven police officers were detained across several Turkish provinces on Sunday due to their use of a smart phone application called ByLock, the state-run...

CHP leader says Gülen’s refusal to return to Turkey will mean he is guilty

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Sunday called on Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by the Turkish...

Indictment seeks 2-year jail sentence for Demirtaş on insult charges

An indictment prepared by a Diyarbakır prosecutor against pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş seeks a jail sentence of two years and...

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