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Main opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu: Shutting down TV stations a putschist tradition

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday spoke out against police storming and cutting the broadcasting of radio and TV...

Purge now hits Kurds, Alevis as police storm critical radio and TV stations

The Turkish government’s crackdown after an abortive coup on July 15 expanded into a sweeping purge on Tuesday, reaching not only into the Gülen movement,...

Nigerian parliament to investigate detention of 50 students in Turkey

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has mandated four of its committees to carry out a thorough investigation into the recent detention of 50 Nigerian students...

CHP appeals to human rights commission over torture allegations in Turkish jails

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) appealed for a second time on Tuesday to the Human Rights Commission in the Turkish Parliament to...

Turkish parliamentary commission on failed coup holds first meeting

The first meeting of the parliamentary Research Commission, investigating a failed coup on July 15 in Turkey, was held in Parliament on Tuesday. Ruling Justice...

6 academics arrested over use of ByLock

Six out of eight academics from Karadeniz Technical University (KTÜ) have been arrested by a court on charges of using ByLock, a smart phone...

4,000 Syrians return to Jarabulus since Turkey’s incursion

At least 4,055 Syrian refugees have returned to Jarabulus since late August, after Turkey-backed rebel forces captured the Syrian border town from the terrorist...

Diplomatic rift widens between Turkey, Iraq over Turkish forces near Mosul

A diplomatic dispute erupted between Turkey and Iraq after Baghdad on Monday demanded an immediate pullout of Turkish forces from Iraqi territory, in response...

Turkish official says 252 companies seized over Gülen links

Government-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) President Şakir Ercan Gül announced on Tuesday that the government has seized a total of 252 companies in...

Turkey concerned about aftermath of Mosul operation

As an anticipated operation to take back Mosul from the terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is set to begin this...

1 soldier killed, 2 wounded in PKK attack

A first lieutenant died and two soldiers were wounded in an attack on Tuesday launched by the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the...

Turkish justice minister claims Fethullah Gülen will flee the US

As part of the Turkish government’s obsession with Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen, who has been in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999, the justice...

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