A U.S. citizen of Syrian descent who claimed to be one of the political leaders of the opposition movement in Syria expressed their gratitude both to the Turkish government, as well as to foreign Al-Qaeda militants for their contributions to the Free Syrian Army (FSA,) while speaking to bianet in the southern border province of Hatay.

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) finally released its expert report on the computers of three suspects standing trial in the Oda TV case. The report, however, proved to be just as enigmatic as it had remained elusive for the seven months that it took to prepare it.

After security forces denied opposition deputies access into the Apaydın Camp that hosts fighters of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southern border province of Hatay, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu issued a statement defending the status of the camp as a forbidden zone.

Security forces denied journalists and opposition deputies access into the Apaydın Camp which hosts fighters of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southern province of Hatay. FSA troops inside the camp did not even allow journalists to shoot photographs.

Thousands of cancer patients in Turkey strive to get treatment without a smidgen of psychological support. It’s all about oncology around here.

Officials accused Güllüzar Erman of robbing a bank based on a stranger’s testimony provided under torture and despite the account of events offered by eyewitnesses. Erman has remained under arrest for nine years and received a sentence of life-time imprisonment.

The Education Ministry has introduced a new set of criteria to determine whether a child is fit to start primary school. Prof. Fatma Gök, however, warned the initiative is more about making the children adapt to the government’s policy, rather than the other way around.

While attacks against Turkey’s historically persecuted Alevi minority have once more picked up speed in recent times, unidentified assailant(s) attempted to torch the Pir Sultan Abdal Culture Association (PSAKD) in Istanbul’s Kartal district this time around.

A notice presented by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock to the Prime Ministry represents a step forward in the conservation of Turkey’s fish stocks and maritime environment, according to Greenpeace Mediterranean Oceans Campaigner Banu Dökmecibaşı.

Unidentified individual(s) marked 25 Alevi homes with blue paint in Istanbul’s Kartal district on Wednesday. The Alevi Pir Sultan Abdal Culture Association (PSAKD) called on the government to roll into action and bring those responsible before justice.

Residents in a village in the southeastern province of Şırnak have been unable to leave their homes without permission from the military for the past 15 days. Locals say their livelihood is at risk, as they cannot venture outside to feed their animals or tend to their fields.

Law enforcement officials arrested college student Ezgi Özgün on the same day and for the same reasons as Sevil Sevimli, a French-Turkish student who had arrived in Turkey as part of the Erasmus exchange program. While authorities released Sevimli, however, Özgün still remains behind bars. “Is justice not blind?” she asks.

With a number of international reporters still missing in Syria, Turkish journalists Bünyamin Aygün and Serkan Ocak have cautioned that taking to the Arab country still poses major lethal risks. Veteran journalist Mete Çubukçu also noted that both sides of the conflict in Syria are now targeting journalists.

Turkey’s first bi-monthly magazine on Kurdish history has hit the bookshelves. Published in Turkish, “Kürt Tarihi” (“Kurdish History”) delves into the annals of the Kurdish past, long overlooked by official institutions engaged in historiography.

Law enforcement officials took four suspects under custody in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa in connection with Monday’s lethal blast in neighboring Gaziantep that killed nine people and injured 69 more. Rioting mobs also attacked the offices of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) once more in Gaziantep yesterday evening.

A minibus rolled over in the southeastern province of Şırnak, killing the driver and nine troops inside the vehicle. The relatives of the victims of last year’s Roboski massacre helped the wounded troops and carried them off to a hospital.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) denied it had any involvement in Monday’s deadly blast in the southeastern province of Gaziantep that killed nine people and injured 69. The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and human rights organizations also condemned the incident.

Two specialist sergeants died and one soldier was injured after members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) detonated a roadside bomb in the southeastern province of Hakkari. Another troop and 15 PKK militants also lost their lives during a military operation in the area.

Eight people lost their lives and 61 were injured after explosives loaded inside a vehicle went off near a police station in the southeastern province of Gaziantep on Monday evening.

The Chief Prosecutor’s Office in the eastern province of Van launched a probe into an encounter between members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) who were conducting a road check in the southeastern province of Hakkari and a delegation of politicians, including certain members of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP.)