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[UPDATE] Independent deputy handcuffs herself to lectern in Parliament protest

Independent deputy Aylin Nazlıaka, who was expelled from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) in 2016, handcuffed herself to the lectern in Parliament...

Erdoğan says freedoms gained through infrastructure projects

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday came up with a new definition of “freedoms” and said freedoms are gained through infrastructure projects such...

7-year jail sentence sought for journalist Mahalli on insult charges

An indictment prepared by an İstanbul public prosecutor seeks a jail sentence of up to seven years, three months for journalist Hüsnü Mahalli on...

95 rockets fired from Syria hit Kilis in 2016 leading to 25 deaths

A total of 25 people in the southeastern province of Kilis lost their lives due to 95 rockets fired by Islamic State in Iraq...

95 TSK personnel detained over use of smart phone application

Ninety-five out of the 243 Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) personnel for whom detention warrants were issued on Wednesday on charges of using ByLock, a...

PM Yıldırım says introduction of presidential system own project

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said he is the architect of a project that seeks to introduce a presidential system in Turkey, contrary to...

Protestors attack Turkey’s Zurich consulate with firecrackers

Protestors, allegedly sympathizers of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), threw firecrackers at the compound of the Turkish Consulate General in Zurich late on...

2 arrested in Russian envoy assassination case, but for Gülen links, not as accessories

  Two people, including a police officer, were arrested by a Turkish court over links to the Gülen movement as part of an investigation into...

Once praised by gov’t, district governor detained over smart phone app use

Kadir Güntepe, former governor of the Beytüşşebap district of the southeastern province of Şırnak, was detained on charges of using ByLock, a smart phone...

Turkish FM meets Trump national security advisor-designate Flynn

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, in Washington, D.C., to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, met on Wednesday with Trump’s national security advisor-designate, Michael Flynn. The...

Voting under way in Parliament, 4 amended articles approved

In a second round of votes the Turkish Parliament on Wednesday night passed the first four articles of a controversial 18-article package that amends...

Veteran actor says Bahçeli may be held hostage by alleged sex tape

As many wonder why opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahçeli has lent support to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in his efforts to...

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