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[VIDEO] Malaysia again detains Turkish academic with UNHCR refugee card

İsmet Özçelik, a Turkish academic with a UNHCR refugee card, was detained again on Thursday in Malaysia amid news that two other Turkish citizens...

11 Gülen sympathizers held hostage at Saudi hotel deported to Turkey

Eleven Turkish nationals who were reportedly detained in Saudi Arabia on March 15 have been kept in a hotel in Madinah for weeks, waiting...

Erdoğan angry with debates on social media

President Recep Tayyip Edoğan has reacted angrily to a social media debate among his supporters, warning that only the presidential spokesman can speak of...

CHP, HDP refuse to participate in HSYK nomination commission

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have refused to send members to a parliamentary commission that is...

Turkey bars entry of critics by including names on list of ISIL suspects

Turkey has been arbitrarily refusing entry to foreign nationals of Turkish origin who are deemed critical of the country’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Armored police vehicle rams into house in Silopi, killing 2 children

An armored police vehicle rammed into a house in the Silopi district of southeastern Şırnak province late on Wednesday, causing the death of two...

Former pro-Kurdish deputy released after 6 months in jail

A high criminal court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Thursday decided to release former pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy Ayla...

MİT submits list of 215,000 ByLock users to prosecutor’s office

Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has determined the names of 215,000 people who downloaded the Bylock smart phone application to their mobile phones, giving...

Greek court blocks 2nd extradition request for Turkish officers

A Greek court on Thursday blocked a second extradition request by Turkey for the final two of eight soldiers who fled to Greece in...

Seized Gülen-linked media outlets sold to pro-gov’t media groups without tender

A number of TV and radio stations that were closed down by the government in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on July...

Turkey says impossible to restore Wikipedia access unless content rulings implemented

Turkish Telecommunications Authority (BTK) head Ömer Fatih Sayan said on Wednesday that it is impossible to restore public access to Wikipedia unless the decisions...

DİHA reporter sentenced to 9 years on World Press Freedom Day

Mehmet Güleş, a reporter for the Dicle New Agency, which was closed by the government following a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15,...

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