Convicted mafia godfather calls on Turkish people to support AKP-MHP alliance
A convicted mafia leader in Turkey has made an announcement from his prison cell calling on people to support the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan gov’t turns to rape as a political weapon in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
As part of an escalating crackdown on the right to dissent, on criticism and on opposition voices in Turkey in recent years,...
Turkish ruling party candidate threatens people who do not vote for AKP
A parliamentary candidate for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been recorded issuing a threat to people who do not vote for...
CHP members stabbed trying to halt attack on HDP campaign booths ahead of Turkish...
The members of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) members were stabbed on Saturday evening while trying to halt an attack on pro-Kurdish...
Racist attacks on pro-Kurdish HDP’s election campaign go on in Turkey
Racist attacks on pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) ahead of the parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24 in Turkey have continued on Sunday. On...
44 members of US Congress urge Mattis to halt F-35 delivery to Turkey
It would be “inconceivable” for the United States to go through with a deal supplying advanced F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, 44 members of...
Fights between Turkey’s ruling AKP and pro-Kurdish DBP leave 4 dead
A series of fights in Şanlıurfa on Thursday between a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) campaign team and the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party...
Turkish gov’t-linked Osmanen Germania named in murder plot in Denmark
Osmanen Germania, a criminal gang with close ties to Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, reportedly played...
Turkish gov’t ramps up its refugee espionage targeting Gülen followers in US
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has intensified its refugee espionage targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement abroad.
Three stories about...
Turkish court rules to release 2 police officers from prison in Hrant Dink case
A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled to release police officers Yakup Kurtaran and Özkan Mumcu, who are standing trial in a case involving the...
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