Turkish gov’t indicts foreign academic on terror charges for allegedly using ByLock
An academic from Kosovo who used to work for the İzmir Institute of Technology has been indicted on charges of membership in a terrorist...
Turkey’s Erdoğanist media targets Dutch deputies, threatens them for recognizing Armenian genocide
Turkey's pro-government media has been targeting five Dutch parliamentarians with a Turkish background, calling them traitors after the Tweede Kamer officially recognized the Armenian genocide,...
Students, parents protest over Afghan-Turk schools’ transfer to Maarif Foundation
Parents of the Afghan-Turk school students took out to the Kabul streets on Saturday to protest the government’s decision over banning a schools’ activity...
Iraqi court sentences 15 Turkish women to death over ties with ISIL
An Iraqi criminal court sentenced 15 Turkish women to death after finding them guilty of having links to the radical Islamist terror group Islamic...
Turkey’s Erdoğan to embark on new Africa tour targeting Gülen movement
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will make a five-day official tour of four African countries — Algeria, Mauritania, Senegal and Mali — starting...
Turkey’s Erdoğan vows to pursue Gülen movement followers who ‘escaped the sword’
Amid an ongoing witch-hunt targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday said he would not end his campaign...
Turkish military: One Turkish soldier killed in Afrin operation
The Turkish military stated on Sunday that one soldiers was killed during an operation in the Afrin region of Syria. The military stated on Saturday...
Kurdish media reports that Yezidis in Afrin afraid of a genocide by Turkish military
Members of the Yezidi (Ezidi) community in the Kurdish-run enclave of Afrin of northwest Syria told the news outlet Kurdistan24 on Saturday that they are concerned...
Report: PYD’s former leader Muslim detained in Prague
Salih Muslim, former co-chairperson of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) was detained in Czech capital Prague on Sunday, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news...
Turkey’s Erdoğan promises to honour a little girl with the flag, if martyred
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Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has promised on Saturday to honour a young girl with the Turkish flag if martyred, during a speech...
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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