Erdoğan’s henchman Külünk allegedly gives order to Erdoğanist thugs to punish Germany’s Böhmermann
German media reported on Wednesday that Metin Külünk, a henchman of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and Development Party...
Two British citizens charged in Turkey over their alleged PYD ties
Two British citizens have been sued for allegedly making terror propaganda from their social media accounts while they have been in Turkey. Turkish media...
Turkey’s pro-Erdoğan media targets Trump: Rabid dog, senile troll…
As tension between Ankara and Washington over American pastor Andrew Brunson continues to escalate, dailies close to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan targeted US...
ISI voices concern over Turkish government’s arbitrary deprivation of nationality of its citizens
The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) has released a policy paper to raise its grave concern over recent steps taken by the Turkish government towards...
France Judicial Union urges Macron to require Erdoğan to release jailed lawyers
The France Judicial Union has sent a mail to French President Emmanuel Macron, who is going to host Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkish gov’t furious over harshest report ever released by EU on Turkey
The Turkish government led Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is furious over a report released on Tuesday by the European Commission that is the most critical...
PEW report: 72 percent of Turks see US as security threat
Seventy-two percent of Turkish citizens see the United States as a threat to Turkey’s national security, a recent report by the Washington-based Pew Research...
Turkish gov’t detains Ugandan teacher in Diyarbakır on suspicion of Gülen links
Vanitho Ivan Kerawiya, a Ugandan national who until recently was working as a teacher at the Simya private college in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish province...
Turkish gov’t to stop sending students to American universities
The Turkish government will stop sending students to the United States for postgraduate studies and limit the number it sends to European and Asian...
Backsliding in democracy continues in Turkey, European Commission says
The European Commission in its yearly report on Turkey released on Wednesday said democratic backsliding continued, underlining serious deficiencies in the functioning of the...
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