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Turkish FM says EU must accelerate promised aid to refugees

The European Union must accelerate the delivery of promised humanitarian aid for some 3 million Syrian refugees living in Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt...

Dutch police detain second Turkish man for threatening Erdoğan critics

  Dutch police on Wednesday detained a second Turkish man, a supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on suspicion of death threats and hate speech...

AKP gov’t to extend emergency rule for another 3 months

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is expected to extend emergency rule for another three months, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Thursday. Five days...

New video shows hero’s welcome at police station for Hrant Dink’s murderer – VIDEO

Nine-and-a-half years after the assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist and editor-in-chief of the Agos weekly Hrant Dink, a pro-government TV channel released footage that was...

Turkish Foreign Ministry briefs diplomats on Gülen movement

As part of defamation efforts against the Gülen movement's activities around the world, the Turkish Foreign Ministry met with representatives of diplomatic missions in...

Turkey removes evidence of torture, maltreatment in prisons ahead of CPT visit

The National Police Department warned all its personnel to obey international rules of detention and to stop using unofficial detention centers days before a...

11,285 teachers suspended over PKK links

The Education Ministry has suspended 11,285 teachers for supporting the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday. It is...

Turkey approves German parliamentary visit to Incirlik Air Base

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier confirmed on Thursday that Turkish authorities have lifted a ban on German MPs visiting Bundeswehr troops stationed at Incirlik...

Minister says new purge under way for PKK supporters in public sector

Minister of Labor and Social Security Mehmet Müezzinoğlu has announced that the Turkish government is making preparations for an operation to cleanse alleged supporters...

Turkey arrests 27 more businessmen in coup investigation

A total of 27 businessmen were arrested on Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation into a failed coup attempt in July that the...

Detention warrants issued for 85 including generals, officers

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants for 85 people including six generals and 43 lower-ranking officers on Thursday as part of witch-hunt...

NATO chief to visit Turkey on Thursday

  NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will visit Ankara on Thursday to hold talks with Turkish officials, in his first trip to Turkey since a failed...

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