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[UPDATE] Turkey detains 7 after Russian ambassador’s assassination

Turkish police have detained seven people over the killing of the Russian ambassador who was shot in the back as he gave a speech...

PKK offshoot TAK claims responsibility for Kayseri bombing

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), an offshoot of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in...

 Turkey paid TL 2.4 million in rewards to citizen-informants in 2016

Turkey has since beginning of this year paid a total of TL 2.4 million in rewards to citizens who have provided the state with...

Killer of Russian ambassador visited art gallery for another exhibit on Friday

Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, a 22-year-old police officer who shot the Russian ambassador to Turkey to death on Monday evening, had on Friday visited the...

Iran warns its citizens to avoid unnecessary trips to Turkey

One day after the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has issued a warning statement urging its citizens to...

96 more judges, prosecutors suspended by HSYK over alleged Gülen links

Turkey's Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) has suspended 96 judges and prosecutors due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, according...

236 officers detained across 58 provinces over ByLock use

A total of 236 out of 530 military officers for whom detention warrants were issued last week across 58 provinces for their use of...

Pro-gov’t media blame US, Gülen for assassination of Russian ambassador

Turkey's pro-government media outlets and journalists on Tuesday were quick to put the blame on the US and the faith-based Gülen movement for the...

‘Turkish official: Radicals, Iran, US among probable suspects behind Russian envoy’s killing’

The Hürriyet daily's Ankara representative, Deniz Zeyrek, claimed on Tuesday that Turkish officials believe the assassin of the Russian ambassador, who was shot dead...

Council of Europe says Turkey’s military staff cut by a third amid post-coup purge

Turkey’s purge of its military since a botched coup in July has cut its armed forces by a third, according to a report by the...

Man fires gunshots near US Embassy after killing of Russian envoy

A man identified only as Åžahin S. fired several gunshots into the air outside the US Embassy in Ankara a few hours after the...

Trump says Russian envoy’s killing in Turkey carried out by ‘radical Islamic terrorist’

US President-elect Donald Trump condemned the assassination of Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, on Monday, saying the killing was carried out by...

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