Turkish mafia leader threatens newspaper boss, columnists over report

Notorious mafia leader Alaattin Çakıcı threatened Karar daily boss Mehmet Aydın and six columnists in a written statement posted on his “official” Instagram account...

Turkish President Erdoğan’s ultra-nationalist ally targets journalists who ‘defamed’ his party

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, an ultra-nationalist ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, ran an advertisement in a number of newspapers...

Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency harasses exiled journalist Vatandaş

Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) has harassed yet another Turkish journalist who has been forced to live abroad, contributing to the intensified campaign of...

COMMENTARY — Turkey’s spy colonel Kemal Eskintan, master of conspiracy plots

By Abdullah Bozkurt Based on a wealth of revelations in the last couple of years during trial proceedings, the view that the false flag coup...

Preliminary autopsy of DBP official in Turkey’s Suruç shows 7 knife wounds to vital...

The cause of death of Esvet Şenyaşar, an official of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) who was murdered last week in a hospital...

Turkish gov’t increases budget for religious education by 68 pct in 2018

The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vastly expanded the number of İmam Hatip (cleric-preacher) schools (İHL) from 450 to 4,500...

Turkish Interior Minister Soylu labels all NGOs and bar associations in Southeast as PKK...

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, who was transferred by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from the Democratic Party (DP) as he was the leader...

Switzerland issues arrest warrants for 2 Turkish diplomats

The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has issued arrest warrants for two Turkish diplomats for allegedly planning to kidnap a Turkish-Swiss businessman,...

German party urges Özil and Gündoğan be dropped from World Cup squad over Erdoğan...

The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Tuesday called for Turkish-German soccer players Mesut Özil and İlkay Gündoğan, who had their photographs taken with...

Widow of DBP official says she witnessed husband’s murder in Turkish hospital

Emine Şenyaşar, who lost a husband, an official of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP), and two sons on June 14 in the Suruç district...

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