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PHR report shows unrest, curfews in SE Turkey covered up serious human rights violations

The shutdown of the health care system during the unrest and curfews in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern provinces of Turkey since peace efforts collapsed in...

Pamukkale rector outdoes Gümüşhane counterpart in number of acting positions

While a photo of Gümüşhane University Rector İhsan Günaydın inserted in place of the pictures of eight out of 10 university board members was...

Referendum for presidential system in Turkey may be held in spring, AKP deputy says

Turkey may hold a referendum for a change from a parliamentary system of governance to a presidential system in spring 2017 after a new...

Turkish Presidency: Lira at record low not because of state of emergency, but seasonal fluctuation

Turkish Presidency spokesman İbrahim Kalın said a fall in the value of the Turkish lira, which slid to a record low after losing 0.65...

[UPDATE] Car bomb on Turkey-Syria border kills at least 20

At least 20 people, mostly Syrian fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA), were killed after a car bomb exploded in a Syrian town...

CHP receives over 35,000 complaints from purge victims

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has received over 35,000 complaints from citizens who were affected by a massive purge undertaken by the...

American journalist in Turkey: My husband arrested for having a dollar bill

  An American journalist in Turkey, Lindsey Snell, released on Wednesday from a Turkish prison, said her husband was arrested for having a dollar bill,...

184 judges and prosecutors suspended over ByLock app

As part of a witch-hunt against the Gülen movement, the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) has suspended 184 judges and prosecutors for...

Turkey, Israel to appoint ambassadors in days

İbrahim Kalın, a spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said on Thursday that Turkey and Israel would appoint ambassadors to their respective embassies within...

MHP says party backs parliamentary system after leader sparks presidential system debate

A senior official from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has sought to revise earlier remarks from party leader Devlet Bahçeli that sparked a debate...

Presidential spokesperson says Turkey does not have hidden agenda in Iraq

İbrahim Kalın, a spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said Turkey does not have a hidden agenda in Iraq as tension between Baghdad...

Government seizes 2 companies in Antalya over links to Gülen

Trustees were appointed to two Antalya-based companies on Thursday due to their alleged ties to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding...

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