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Prominent Turkish figures call for release of jailed HDP deputies

Over 440 intellectuals, politicians and writers have signed a statement calling on Turkish authorities to release imprisoned deputies of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)...

Turkish journalist in exile subjected to harassment due to Erdoğan’s Nazi remarks

A Turkish journalist who fled an ongoing witch-hunt in Turkey against critical journalists and took refuge in Germany in the aftermath of a failed...

Trustee orders denial of funeral rites to PKK militants killed in clashes

Former Tunceli Governor Osman Kaymak, who was appointed as a trustee to the Tunceli Municipality in January, has ordered local authorities to deny basic...

8 Anadolu news agency reporters detained over ByLock use

Eight reporters working for Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency have been detained over their use of a smart phone application known as ByLock . ByLock...

Halkbank says Turkish government working on issue of executive’s US detention

Shares in Turkish state lender Halkbank plunged as much as 16 percent on Wednesday after US prosecutors charged one of its senior executives with...

Justice Ministry: 498 jailed in Turkey’s prisons due to ISIL links

Turkey's Justice Ministry has announced that there are 498 people in Turkey's prisons who were jailed due to their links to the Islamic State...

Radio Sweden exposes how Turkish gov’t is tracking down critics in Sweden

Sweden’s official radio station, Radio Sweden, has documented that Turkey’s government is trying to identify and track down supporters of the Gülen movement in...

Berlin launches probe into Turkish intelligence spying on Gülen followers in Germany

The German Interior Ministry has launched an investigation into whether Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has been spying on suspected supporters of the Gülen...

Report: Reason for EU-Turkey row is Erdoğan’s imams spying on Gülen followers

US-based news magazine Foreign Policy claimed in a Monday report that the latest row between Turkey and the European Union over the cancellation of...

[UPDATE] Turkey’s Halkbank executive arrested at New York airport in Iran sanctions probe

Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a deputy chief executive officer of state-owned Türkiye Halk Bankası A.Ş., was arrested when he arrived at John F. Kennedy International...

Turkish PM warns EU on referendum: Mind your own business

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Tuesday that Europe should not interfere in a referendum on April 16 that will expand President Recep...

Işık University fires academic for signing peace petition

Işık University in İstanbul fired academic Sinan Birdal after he refused to withdraw his support for a petition signed by himself and fellow academics...

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