Israel holds Turkish woman on suspicion of security offences
Turkish national Ebru Özkan has been arrested in Israel on suspicion of security offences, an Israeli official said on Thursday, according to a report...
Turkish journalist sent to prison after employer fails to pay fine for offensive column
Turkish journalist Hakan Gülseven was arrested on Tuesday in Balıkesir province after the media outlet he was working for, the Yurt daily, failed to...
Turkey votes in presidential and parliamentary elections amid fraud claims
Turks began voting on Sunday amid claims of fraud in presidential and parliamentary elections that pose the biggest challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
Turkish military shelling in Iraq leaves 19-year-old Kurdish girl dead
Turkish military shelling in an area along the Turkey-Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) border in northern Iraq on Saturday resulted in the death of a...
Trial of Zaman journalists resumes at Turkish court in İstanbul
The trial of journalists from the now-closed Zaman daily resumed at the İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court on Thursday where the defendants are making...
Turkish gov’t vows to retaliate for Israel’s deterrent measures against Turkish nationals
Israel on Sunday charged a Turkish tourist in detention on Sunday with helping smuggle money and packages to Palestinian militant group Hamas, in a...
Turkey’s intelligence service abducts 2 people from Azerbaijan and Ukraine over Gülen links
Two people were detained abroad and transported to Turkey by agents of the country's notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) on Thursday over their alleged...
New bill replacing state of emergency security measures introduced
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan introduced a new "anti-terror" bill in Parliament on Monday that replaced...
Turkish court arrests journalist Mustafa Gökkılıç over probe into intelligence chief
An İstanbul court on Thursday ruled to arrest journalist Mustafa Gökkılıç and five others as part of an investigation into the 2012 summoning of Hakan...
HDP deputy Şık attacked by deputies from Turkey’s ruling AKP during speech in Parliament
Ahmet Şık, a deputy from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was attacked by a group of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputies...
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