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Kılıçdaroğlu: Judiciary now ‘in the service of the executioner’

  Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has strongly criticized a ceremony opening the new judicial year at the presidential palace, saying...

Judiciary gives Erdoğan standing ovation at palace judicial ceremony

A ceremony marking the opening of the new judicial year, which was protested by the main opposition leader and the head of the bar...

Religious ceremony at palace irks secularists

A special religious ceremony, known as a zikr, of a denomination at the mosque in the presidential palace in Ankara has paved the way...

Minister: Turkey confiscated 12 bln worth of Gülenist property

Some TL 12 billion (about $4 billion) in property has been transferred to the Treasury as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement,...

Turkish prosecutor says Gülen movement founded by CIA

A Turkish prosecutor in İzmir, investigating the financial links of the Gülen movement, which is inspired by the views of US-based Turkish Islamic scholar...

Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala resigns

  Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala, a figure close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, resigned on Wednesday. Ala’s decision paves way for a minor reshuffling of...

Demirtaş, Buldan called to testify for insulting Turkish president

The top prosecutor’s office in Ankara has called Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş and HDP deputy Pervin Buldan to testify as part...

Greens express outrage as political advisor is targeted by Turkish police

The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament has strongly criticized a Turkish police raid on the İstanbul home of Ali Yurttagül, a columnist and...

CHP rejects calls to attend judicial ceremony at Erdoğan’s palace

The Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Wednesday declined calls by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli and Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ for CHP...

Erdogan approves reconciliation deal with Israel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday approved a reconciliation agreement signed with Israel in June that has brought to an end a six-year...

Reza Zarrab seeks US judge’s recusal over Gülen link

Reza Zarrab, a Turkish gold trader of Iranian origin who was arrested last March in Miami on charges of violating US sanctions against Iran,...

Erdoğan: Gülen is behind problems in Syria and Iraq

In yet another move to make the Gülen movement, inspired by the views of US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, a scapegoat for every...

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