Kurt

Three people died of a heart attack at separate polling stations during the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14.

In the Black Sea province of Rize, 64-year-old Şeref Kurt was on duty at one of the polling stations set up at a school where he also voted.

He suddenly collapsed at the polling booth around 9 a.m.

The new Prime Minister of Kosovo says clear grounds exist to sack President Hashim Thaci, for having violated the constitution by signing a secret agreement with NATO limiting the powers of the security forces when he was prime minister.

Another court case has been opened by an Istanbul court against Sedat Ergin, Hürriyet's editor-in-chief, and Ekrem Dumanl?, Zaman's former editor-in-chief, accusing them of insulting the president in two separate stories on their newspapers' websites, while two other journalist, Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, Cumhuriyet's editor-in-chief and Ankara office chief respectively, are to complete their fi

A Turkish prosecutor has launched a probe into daily Hürriyet for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.

?dris Kurt, deputy chief prosecutor in Istanbul?s Bak?rköy district, initiated the process himself Sept. 7 over claims that daily Hürriyet ?twisted Erdo?an?s words to conduct a perception operation.?

The age-old problem of illegal electricity usage in eastern and southeastern Turkey, which has risen to the agenda once again with recent power outages, has deep and complex roots that cannot be explained solely by “poverty” or “political views.”

Unidentified assailants opened fire injuring three people during a funeral procession at a cemevi, in the southeastern Gaziantep province on June 10. The Alevi community labeled the latest assault targeting their worship place as a “planned attack.”

Uğur Kurt died because the police fired on people. Police brutality, violence and murders have become regular incidents in Turkey. After reading this Facebook message, maybe you will have a better understanding of our frustration This is my service for my non-Turkish-speaking readers. This Facebook message of a witness to the death of Uğur Kurt has been circulating on social media.