Erdoğanist mob attacks opponents at Turkey’s Brussels consulate as they vote for referendum
Pro-Erdoğan mob has attacked the pro-Kurdish opponents of Turkish government on their way to Turkish Consulate in Brussels to cast their votes for Turkey's...
EU reacts to Turkish court’s ruling against journalist Parıldak
The European Union has reacted to a verdict on Nov. 21 that sentenced former Zaman daily reporter Ayşenur Parıldak to seven years, six months...
Reuters: Erdoğan says court, not politicians, will decide fate of pastor Brunson
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan told Reuters in an interview that the Turkish court, not politicians, will decide the fate of an American pastor whose...
Jailed media designer Fevzi Yazıcı threatened by Turkish gov’t, put in solitary confinement over...
Fevzi Yazıcı, the jailed media designer and the art director of the now-closed-down Zaman daily, was threatened at police headquarters to admit having carried...
US calls on Turkey to cease human rights abuses, restore democracy
A member of the Delegation of the United States to the UN Human Rights Council in an address during the organization’s 37th session in...
Turkish asylum seeker dies in Germany after fleeing persecution in Turkey
A 31-year-old man who fled to Germany in search of a safer life after being sentenced to prison in Turkey for alleged links to...
Rockets kill 1, injure 46 in southern Turkey as Turkish ground forces advance in...
A Syrian national was killed and 46 civilians, including 16 Syrians, were injured in cross-border attacks by PYD/PKK terror group in southern Turkey, provincial...
Iraq submits complaint to UN against Turkey after attack on civilians
Iraq has filed a complaint to the UN Security Council, requesting an urgent session to discuss a deadly artillery attack this week that Baghdad...
Turkish dentist sentenced to 7,5 years over NBA star Kanter’s selfie taken on his...
A Turkish dentist identified only as A.I.B. has been sentenced to 7,5 years in prison nearly one-and-a-half-years after he was detained because NBA player...
Turkish government asks Switzerland to track Erdoğan critics
Turkish government has requested help from Switzerland in tracking critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as part of a bilateral agreement on intelligence sharing...
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