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Tarkan’s ‘Cuppa’ a ‘coup’ song, claims pro-gov’t journalist

Columnist Bayram Zilan from the pro-government Milat daily argued on Wednesday that Turkey’s iconic pop singer Tarkan’s newest song “Cuppa” could have been composed for the July 15 coup...

Putin, Erdoğan discuss Syria on phone

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, discussed the Syrian conflict in a phone conversation on Tuesday, the Turkish media...

Turkey detains 55 military, intelligence personnel on coup charges

Turkey detained 55 military and intelligence agency personnel on Wednesday over suspected links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish...

Turkey arrests two dismissed doctors while attempting to flee to Greece

Two female doctors who have recently been dismissed from their posts at state-run hospitals in Ankara due to their alleged links to the faith-based...

German MPs visit troops at İncirlik base

A group of German lawmakers on Wednesday finally visited German air force personnel at İncirlik Air Base in the southern province of Adana after...

Iraq warns of regional war, demands pullout of Turkish troops

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has warned Turkey that it may cause a regional war by maintaining a military presence in Iraq, calling for...

Turkey’s top judicial body dismisses 66 more judges, prosecutors

Turkey's top judicial body, the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), has dismissed 66 more judges and prosecutors over alleged ties to the...

World Teachers Day marked by protest of mass teacher dismissals

The education policies of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government and the dismissal of some 50,000 teachers following a July 15 coup attempt...

The republic has ended, Erdoğan is our first sultan, says religious leader

Fatih Nurullah Efendi, the leader of the Uşşaki sect, said in a speech broadcast by Nurani TV that the Republic of Turkey, which was...

Police seize passports of journalists Yıldırım, Başlangıç

The Turkish government has banned journalists Ayşe Yıldırım and Celal Başlangıç from travelling abroad after seizing their passports at an İstanbul airport on Monday. "We...

Zaman journalist says subjected to violence, sexual harassment in prison

Ayşenur Parıldak, a former reporter from the now-closed Zaman daily who is among dozens of journalists jailed after a failed military coup attempt in...

90 arrested, 329 detained over coup charges on Tuesday

At least 90 people were arrested while 329 others were detained on Tuesday, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in 20 provinces across Turkey....

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