Turkey’s top court rules to release jailed journalists Mehmet Altan, Şahin Alpay

Turkey's Constitutional Court has ordered on Thursday to release jailed journalists Mehmet Altan (65) and Şahin Alpay (74), who was a jailed veteran journalist, columnist...

Greece seizes Libya-bound ship carrying explosive materials loaded in Turkish ports

Greek authorities have seized a Tanzanian-flagged ship heading for Libya and carrying materials, which have been loaded in Turkey's İskenderun and Mersin ports, used...

COMMENTARY — Erdogan’s confidante who led armed Islamist group operating in Sweden via UETD

By Abdullah Bozkurt Metin Külünk, a close confidante of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is the man who is in charge of clandestine operations in...

Turkish police detain 29 people including journalists and academics in İstanbul

Turkish government has detained 29 Kurds and Alevis, including journalists and academics, in İstanbul on Wednesday. According to a report by Berlin-based online news...

Four military officers allegedly linked to Gülen movement surrender to Turkish police in Ankara

Four on-duty military officers have allegedly surrendered to Turkish police in capital Ankara on Wednesday and reportedly confessed to being linked with the Gülen...

Turkey marks Working Journalists’ Day as thousands of journalists jobless, jailed or exiled

Turkish journalists mark Working Journalists’ Day amid calls for release of jailed, jobless and suffering journalists persecuted by Justice and Development Party (AKP) government of...

Turkish gov’t allows jailed father to attend son’s funeral only with handcuffs

Jailed father of Berk Görmez, a 14-year-old boy who died of intestinel cancer last week, could attend his son’s funeral only with his hands...

Turkey’s Erdoğan claims US has no respect for the law

Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday continued targeting the United States over the conviction in a New York court of Turkish banker...

Former Kurdish deputy resigns from pro-Kurdish HDP after comments on ‘Turk leader’

A former parliamentarian for Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has resigned from the party after being criticised by party officials for saying...

Turkey’s captured MİT officials says killings of 3 Kurdish women in Paris approved by...

Two top Turkish intelligence officials who were captured by the PKK have reportedly revealed that the killings of three Kurdish women in Paris planned by...
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