Middle East

Turkish authorities have detained 12 deputies of pro-Kurdish People’s Democracy Party (HDP), including co-chairs, in simultaneous police operations across the...

When hundreds of generals and officers from all ranks flocked to Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of...

Within just a span of one week, Diyarbakir has gone through unprecedented hardships that another city on earth could go...

Only two days after the government shut down 15 media outlets, Turkish authorities intensified their crackdown on whatever left of...

At least three Turkish soldiers and 13 Kurdish rebels were killed on Monday, the Turkish military said, as the war...

With two new executive orders, the Turkish government has inflicted a fatal blow to mostly Kurdish media, shutting down 15...

Supporters of a pro-Kurdish party have flocked into streets across Turkey despite an Internet ban in areas predominantly populated by...

World's largest rights advocacy group has revealed widespread torture and mistreatment of inmates imprisoned in the aftermath of the July...

On Monday, three-day notice ended. Anti-riot police, backed by armored vehicles and water cannons, were given the green light. It...

Red alarms went off for the pro-government media hours after a Turkish paper published a controversial interview with an owner...

Meet Ayse. She had been working as a teacher for more than 15 years in Istanbul. The post-coup purge also...

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hit back his critics in Europe and renewed his endorsement of the death penalty for...

The Turkish government is pushing to investigate the failed coup attempt on July 15 behind closed doors, raising suspicions over...

Two Turkish police vehicles suddenly turn left and right to block a highway that connects to the Governor's Office in...

Turkey has delayed a visit by U.N. anti-torture special rapporteur in the wake of criticism by human right groups over...

Turkish president has threatened his citizens around the world who may have links to a U.S.-based cleric accused of masterminding...

A prosecutor who was rounded up after a failed military coup attempt in a Western province of Bursa was found...

Seven years ago, Turkey’s then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan bestowed Cetin Altan, one of the most celebrated public intellectuals in...