Ahmet Kaya

Four mayors from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in southeastern and eastern Turkey have been detained over alleged terror links, according to local media reports.

Iğdır Municipality Mayor Yaşar Akkuş, Siirt Mayor Berivan Helen Işık, Baykan Mayor Ramazan Sarsılmaz and Kurtalan Mayor Bara Akgül have been detained over suspected links to terrorism.

Five mayors from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in southeastern Turkey have been detained over alleged terror links, according to local media reports.

Turkey appointed acting mayors to four municipalities in the region.

A court has postponed to Nov. 6 the hearing of the case into the raid on the Doğan Media Center in Istanbul on the night of last year's failed coup attempt.

Ercan Kızılateş harassed and assaulted university student Melisa Sağlam on July 14 on a dolmuş.
His justification was the fact that the girl was wearing shorts.

When the footage became public, there was a public outcry. We then learned that although she filed a complaint, our judge considered it a simple crime and let the perpetrator go free. 

Weeks ago in this column I questioned the demolition of Istanbul's Karaköy Passenger Lounge, a building that was supposed to be under first degree protection. Scrutinizing the Passenger Lounge and the historic adjacent post office building, I asked how the Istanbul Conservation Board could have allowed this.  

Istanbul's Chief Prosecutor's Office has demanded three aggravated life sentences for each of the 19 soldiers who raided daily Hürriyet, the Hürriyet Daily News, CNN Türk and Kanal D at the Doğan Media Center in Istanbul's Bağcılar district on the night of the failed coup on July 15, 2016.

İzmir's public transport authority, ESHOT, has canceled a number of transport cards after a male student was spotted using retired footballer David Beckham's picture on his bus card, the authority has said, noting that 40 cards have been canceled on similar grounds.

'Turkey's Ever Present Past: Stories from Turkish Republican History' by Reuben Silverman (Libra Books, 242 pages, $45)

A song from famous British singer Adele's latest album "25" has created a storm on social media, as users were divided over whether the tune resembled one of iconic Kurdish singer Ahmet Kaya's songs. 

Daily Cumhuriyet has listed the unforgettable personalities of comedy star Levent K?rca, the beloved actor we lost earlier this week. 

I looked at the list; everybody is there: There is Atatürk. There is Süleyman Demirel, Bülent Ecevit. Even Necmettin Erbakan. There is also Bill Clinton. He even impersonated a despot like Ghaddafi.