Turkey’s Erdoğan slams Europe over ‘headscarf ban’

Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday strongly criticized European countries over headscarf bans, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. “The headscarf ban is...

Report: Sweden launches espionage probe into Turkish gov’t representatives

An investigation has been launched into representatives of the Turkish government on suspicion of espionage against opposition circles including sympathizers of the Gülen movement, according to...

Turkey’s Erdoğan takes aim at ‘LGBTI quota’ of a district municipality under opposition administration

Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said in a speech he delivered to neighbourhood heads (mukhtars) on Thursday that “(Main opposition Republican People’s Party)...

Wives of jailed Turkish police chiefs who led 2013 corruption operations detained

Wives of jailed police chiefs Yakub Saygılı and Kazım Aksoy, who led corruption and bribery operations against the government of Turkish autocratic President Recep...

Turkish PM Yıldırım takes anti-Gülen witch-hunt to the US

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has called on Muslims in the US to distance themselves from people linked to the Gülen movement, inspired by...

Court of appeals approves 6-month sentence for Turkish fashion designer

The İstanbul Regional Court of Justice has approved a 6 month, 20 day prison sentence for Turkish fashion designer Barbaros Şansal, several Turkish media outlets...

Turkish court releases Sözcü’s Ulu over Erdoğanist columnists’ statements

A jailed reporter from Sözcü daily, Bekir Gökmen Ulu, was released pending trial by an İstanbul court over the statements of the pro-government columnists, who...

Exiled journalist reveals systematic mass torture, abuse targeting Turkey’s military staff

According to an article written by Turkish journalist Cevheri Güven titled “Game in a Sports Hall in Ankara“ published in Kronos online news outlet...

Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan admits trapping Gülen movement people

Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan admitted on Tuesday that people sympathetic to the Gülen movement have been trapped in Turkey, saying intelligent people...

Turkey’s pro-Erdoğan thugs launch a campaign of insult targeting those who have to live...

Turkey's pro-Erdoğan thugs in abroad have launched a new method of systematic intimidation targeting the dissent people who have to live in exile because...

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