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Turkish government building 228 new prisons

The Turkish Ministry of Justice plans to build 228 new prisons with a capacity of 137,687 in the next five years, Gazete Duvar reported. In...

Netanyahu to Erdoğan: Don’t lecture me about morality

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would not accept any lectures from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after the Turkish leader accused...

Erdoğan says he stands with the oppressed of the world

As he continues a massive purge and witch-hunt against his opponents, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a message for Human Rights Day...

Erdoğan: Israel is a terrorist state, Trump’s decision is null and void

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday continued to criticize US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying Israel is a...

Kılıçdaroğlu: Zarrab bribe-takers now accusing CHP of corruption

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has strongly reacted to the removal by the government of the CHP mayor of İstanbul’s...

Erdoğan says Western media smearing him as they did Atatürk

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday said the Western media have been negatively portraying him as they did in the past with Atatürk,...

İHD and TİHV: 2,278 tortured, 11 abducted in Turkey in 2017

The Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) on Saturday said 2,278 people were tortured and 11 abducted in...

3 former Zaman staff members released, columnists kept in prison

An İstanbul court on Friday ruled for the release of three advertising and sales department staff members of the Zaman media group while keeping...

Turkish police officer who saved Erdoğan on night of coup arrested over Gülen links

A police officer who was one of three crewmembers of a helicopter that carried Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his family from a...

[UPDATE] 153 including 62 military members, 17 Prime Ministry staff sought over Gülen links

Detention warrants were issued on Friday for 153 people across Turkey as part of investigations into the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news...

Turkey removes directional signs for Trump Towers Mall in Istanbul

In response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Turkey on Friday removed directional signs to Trump...

Turkish court rules HDP Co-chair Demirtaş to remain behind bars

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş was absent from the first hearing of his trial after spending 399 days in pretrial detention as...

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