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Detention warrants issued for 61 over alleged Gülen links

The Ankara, Samsun and Konya chief prosecutor's offices on Wednesday issued detention warrants for 61 people, including 47 teachers, as part of an investigation...

Prominent rights activist gets 2.5-year jail sentence on terror charges

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, one of Turkey’s most renowned human rights activists and former president of the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed...

Journalist: I am free but there are 6 children in my old prison cell

Journalist Naciye Nur Ener Kılınç, who was released from jail on Tuesday and put under house arrest, said there are six children in the...

4 journalists receive sentences of up to 9 years in prison

An Adana court has handed down prison sentences varying from seven years, six months to nine years to four journalists on charges of membership in...

CHP leader slams life sentences handed down to prominent journalists

Leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized the handing down of aggravated life sentences to three prominent journalists...

[UPDATE] Pro-Assad groups retreat from Afrin after warning shots from Turkish forces

Pro-Syrian government forces that attempted to enter the Kurdish-held border enclave of Afrin on Tuesday retreated before reaching the city following warning shelling from...

Russian FM: Standoff in Afrin could be resolved by Ankara-Damascus dialogue

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the situation in Afrin, northern Syria, could be resolved through direct dialogue between Damascus and...

Court releases journalist Kılınç subject to house arrest

The İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court on Tuesday released journalist Naciye Nur Ener Kılınç, who was jailed on March 5, 2017 over alleged links...

HDP’s Kemalbay released on judicial probation

Former co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP) Serpil Kemalbay, who was detained in Ankara on Feb. 13, has been released on judicial...

Erdoğan: Turkey foiled Syrian move into Afrin after Putin talks

Turkey thwarted a possible deployment of Syrian government troops into the northwest Afrin region after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Tayyip...

Erdoğan, Putin discuss Turkey’s operation in Syria by phone

The Turkish and Russian presidents on Monday discussed Turkey’s ongoing operation in northwest Syria and the establishment of new observation posts in Idlib, the...

786 people detained to date over critical stance on Afrin offensive

Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Monday announced that 786 people have been detained on terror charges due to their protests or posts on social media...

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