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Police detain 41 pro-Kurdish HDP members in raid on public meeting

Police on Saturday raided a public meeting held by the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in İstanbul, detaining 41 members of the party and the press,...

IFEX launches signature campaign to ensure release of teacher jailed with baby

The International Freedom of Exchange (IFEX) has launched a signature campaign calling for the release of Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who was jailed with...

Report: Teacher dies in prison due to lack of medication

Halime Gülsu, who was arrested on Feb. 20, 2018 for allegedly helping the faith-based Gülen movement, died on Saturday in prison in Mersin province,...

Detention warrants issued on Saturday for 103 people over Gülen links

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Saturday issued detention warrants for 103 people for allegedly organizing marriages between faith-based Gülen movement people, the...

[UPDATE] Editor fired for story on Erdoğan’s efforts to prevent Gül’s presidential candidacy

Turkey's Habertürk daily fired Barış Erkaya, the editor of its website, after he published a news story claiming that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent...

Pompeo, Çavuşoğlu meet to discuss Syria and Turkey-US bilateral issues

Recently confirmed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Friday on the margins of the NATO Foreign...

Turkey’s Erdoğan trades in influence at the Council of Europe

Abdullah Bozkurt It was certainly not surprising to see that Turkey, led by the corrupt government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was mentioned in a...

48 more teachers sought by prosecutor over Gülen links

Detention warrants were issued on Friday for 48 teachers as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency...

Detention warrants issued on Friday for 38 military personnel over Gülen links

The Ankara and Bursa chief public prosecutor’s offices on Friday issued detention warrants for 38 active duty military members of varying ranks as part...

Erdoğan accuses opposition leader of dictatorship

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday accused main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of being a dictator, claiming that the...

Ex-President Gül to announce decision on presidential candidacy on Saturday

Amid ongoing debates as to whether he will run for the presidency in Turkey's June 24 presidential election, former Turkish President Abdullah Gül has...

US senators seek to block F-35 delivery to Turkey over jailed American pastor

A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday moved to block Turkey, a NATO ally, from receiving F-35 Lightning II fighters over the imprisonment of an American pastor,...

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