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Erdoğan again targets opposition MP who criticized Turkish military, calls him a ‘terrorist’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again targeted an opposition lawmaker who recently criticized the Turkish military for its alleged involvement in controversial...

Journalist given suspended sentence due to social media posts

A Turkish court has handed down a suspended 15-month sentence to a Kurdish journalist on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda in her social media...

Opposition MP faces removal of parliamentary immunity due to criticism of Turkish military

A Turkish prosecutor has filed a summary of proceedings for an opposition lawmaker that may cause him to lose his parliamentary immunity, accusing him...

Controversial top court judge denies jailed mob boss’s bribery allegations

Yüksel Kocaman, a controversial figure and member of the Supreme Court of Appeals, has denied allegations of bribery made by a mob boss who...

UK foreign secretary visits Turkey to enhance trade, security cooperation

The United Kingdom’s foreign secretary, James Cleverly, is visiting Ankara today to have talks with Turkey’s foreign and defense ministers and discuss enhancing the...

Court halts trial of MP in MİT trucks case due to parliamentary immunity

A high criminal court in İstanbul has decided to halt the trial of an opposition lawmaker due to his acquisition of parliamentary immunity in...

Turkey spent less money on education than the OECD average in 2020: report

Turkey spent only 4.7 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on primary to tertiary educational institutions in 2020, while the corresponding share was...

10 briefly detained in western Turkey for protesting anti-LGBT public ad

Turkish police on Tuesday intervened in a demonstration in İzmir protesting the broadcast of an anti-LGBT public ad on TV stations, briefly detaining 10...

Teen hurt in Paris police collision dies in Turkey: lawyer

A 16-year-old boy declared brain-dead after a collision between his scooter and a police vehicle west of Paris has died in Turkey, where he...

Media watchdog launches investigation into Sputnik Turkish due to dismissal of media workers

Turkey’s media watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has launched an investigation into the Turkish bureau of Russian state-owned news agency and...

CHP’s İmamoğlu acquitted of charges of insulting AKP district mayor

İstanbul’s popular mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has been acquitted of charges of insulting a district mayor in the city from the ruling Justice and Development Party...

Court arrests mob boss with alleged ties to former minister Soylu

A Turkish court has arrested Ayhan Bora Kaplan, a mob boss known for his alleged close ties to former Turkish interior minister Süleyman Soylu,...

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