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Ankara mayor: Tremendous increase in personal weapons in post-coup Turkey

  An increasing number of citizens have been arming themselves following a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek said...

Turkish Armed Forces: 8 PKK terrorists killed in Hakkari

  According to a statement released by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), eight members of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have been killed in...

Mass commemoration of Oct. 10, 2015 bombing victims banned in Ankara

  Turkey has prohibited any mass meeting, protest or march organized to commemorate the victims of an Oct. 10, 2015 attack in Ankara that targeted...

2 suicide bombers blow themselves up in Ankara police operation

  Two suicide bombers who were preparing for an attack in the nation’s capital blew themselves up in a car during a police operation near...

21 air force officers arrested in post-coup purge in Konya

  Twenty-one officers serving at the 3rd Main Jet Airbase in Konya were arrested as part of post-coup witch-hunt operations by a court in Konya...

92 arrested, 144 detained over coup charges on Friday

A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves hunted down and taken...

Turkish gov’t takes in $5 bln in confiscation of Gülen-linked properties, minister says

The value of immovable properties including dormitories, real estate and schools that the government has confiscated as part of its clampdown on the Gülen...

HRW: Turkish gov’t making use of emergency rule to silence critical media

  Fears that the Turkish government would capitalize on a state of emergency to silence critics who have nothing to do with a July 15...

Turkey returns envoy to Berlin with improvement in diplomatic relations

Turkey returned its ambassador to Germany, Hüseyin Avni Karslıoğlu, to Berlin on Friday after a four-month absence from the embassy, a move that signals...

Prosecutor summons Kurdish deputies to testify

The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday summoned six lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to testify over terrorism allegations, in...

200 arrested, 139 detained over coup charges on Thursday

At least 200 people were arrested while 139 others were detained on Thursday, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in 13...

DBP’s Külter appears in Kirkuk after 133-day controversy over whereabouts

Pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Şırnak provincial chairman Hurşit Külter, who went missing on May 27, appeared in Iraq's Kirkuk province on Friday, ending...

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