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OSCE calls on Turkey to release journalists detained for ByLock use

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir expressed deep concern on regarding the issuance...

Police detain Russian ISIL militant planning to down US aircraft at İncirlik, attack Alevi foundation

Turkish police on Thursday detained a Russian member of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) who was reportedly planning to down...

Turkish minister says historic Topkapı Palace not sliding into sea

Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Numan Kurtulmuş has said Topkapı Palace is not sliding into the sea and that necessary measures have been...

HDP’s Baydemir: Not surprised if Kılıçdaroğlu arrested

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy and spokesperson Osman Baydemir on Thursday said it would not be a surprise if  Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader...

Dismissed academic not allowed to study at university as student

Academic Cenk Yiğiter, who was dismissed from the Ankara University law faculty under a state of emergency decree-law, has not been allowed to study...

CPJ calls on Spain to release journalist arrested on Turkish warrant

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Spanish authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Hamza Yalçın, a writer for the leftist Turkish...

Turkish police deny torturing villagers while investigation continues

Turkey's General Directorate of Security on Thursday denied torturing thirty-six villagers who were detained on July 5 as part of an operation by Turkish...

CHP deputy calls on gov’t to prove coup attempt was not staged

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Mustafa Akaydın has asked the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government to prove that last summer’s...

Legal action taken against 2 people, 5 dismissed over ‘hero’ T-shirt

As part of an investigation launched after Gökhan Güçlü, a suspect on trial for an assassination attempt against President Tayyip Erdoğan on the night...

Detention warrants issued for 35 journalists over ByLock use

Detention warrants have been issued for 35 journalists over the use of a smart phone application known as ByLock, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on...

Pro-Erdoğan businessman to sell 529 armored vehicles to Turkish military

BMC, a commercial vehicle manufacturer that also produces trucks for the defense industry and is owned by Ethem Sancak, a staunch supporter of President...

Staff member disappears after swindling state-run TRT out of TL 5 million

Aysun E., who worked as a subcontracted office assistant at Turkey’s state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) İstanbul office, disappeared after swindling the...

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