Turkish court gives life sentences to 38 military personnel over their alleged role in...
The Turkish government detained dozens of people on Monday over suspected links to the Gülen movement as part of a massive post-coup witch hunt,...
Pro-gov’t daily: Turkey, Russia could conduct joint operation to abduct Fethullah Gülen
Turkey and Russia could carry out a joint operation to abduct US-based Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen to Turkey due to Gülen’s alleged role in...
Afghans collect 1 million signatures to prevent seizure of Turkish schools by Erdoğan regime
Afghans have collected 1 million signatures to prevent the transfer of Turkish schools founded by businessmen and operated by educators allegedly affiliated with the...
Erdoğan’s son-in-law: Turkey is officially at war
Berat Albayrak, Turkey's energy minister and son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Sunday said Turkey is not de facto but officially at war...
3 detained Turkish educators and their families handed over to Turkey by Gabon
Three Turkish educators and their families who were arbitrarily detained in Libreville, the capital city of Gabon, were handed over to Turkish officials and taken...
Turkey’s Erdoğan on terror: What happened in Germany will take place in France
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday accused Paris of supporting terrorism, implying that France will face terrorist attacks, the state-run Anadolu news agency...
Body of Turkish woman fleeing to Greece found weeks after boat capsized
Turkish authorities have found the body of Aslı Doğan, a Turkish woman who went missing after a refugee boat carrying eight people capsized in...
Wives and children of 3 detained Turkish educators in Gabon also taken into police...
The spouses and children of three detained executives of the Ecole la Lumière, a school in Gabon's capital of Libreville that is affiliated with the...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Erdoğan enlists Tuaregs in his proxy battle
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who helped destabilize Syria by supporting al-Qaeda-linked groups in Syria including the al-Nusra Front has been courting...
Report details tactics used by Erdoğan against Gülen movement supporters
A new report released by the Advocates of Silenced Turkey (AST) has detailed the dirty tactics used by the Justice and and Development Party...
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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abduction, Rendition and Forcible Return of Erdoğan Critics
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