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Turkish teacher dismissed from job over alleged links to Gülen movement commits suicide

Thirty-eight-year-old teacher Mehmet Koşar, who was dismissed from his job by a government decree issued under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath...

Turkey’s Erdoğan issues a veiled threat of killing each and every Jew amid Jerusalem...

https://youtu.be/6cPop-uzAdg Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has issued a veiled threat on Monday of killing each and every Jew with a shocking reference to apocalyptic...

Erdoğan says Turkish people studying in West become voluntary agents

Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said people who go to study in Western countries assimilate into their culture and become voluntary agents...

Pro-gov’t TV commentator: Turkish pop star’s song signals coup attempt in fall

https://youtu.be/6ywcf07KQZA Ömür Varol, a commentator for the pro-gov’t Beyaz TV, argued on Friday that due to its lyrics and name, Turkey’s iconic pop singer Sezen Aksu’s...

Rights group: Turkish prison guards threatened with jail when they refuse to torture inmates

Professor Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Founding President of the Turkish Human Rights Foundation (TİHV), said on Sunday that some Turkish prison guards who refused to...

8 injured in knife attack at Turkish opposition İYİ Party’s campaign stall in İstanbul

A mob reportedly attacked the booth of Turkey's opposition İYİ Party in İstanbul’s Avcılar district on Sunday, injuring eight, including the party’s Avcılar representative,...

Turkish gov’t detains 11 more people for opposing Afrin operation on social media

Turkish government has detained at least 11 more people over their critical stance against Turkish military operation in Afrin region of northern Syria on Thursday. In...

Turkey deports 40 Dutch cows in retaliation over deportation of Turkish minister

In response to the expulsion of Turkish Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya from the Netherlands and the use of...

MHP youth wing chairman says they will take up arms if necessary

Olcay Kılavuz, president of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) youth wing Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları), said on Sunday that they don’t want tensions in Turkey,...

Erdoğan accuses main opposition of siding with terror groups in ‘no’ campaign

Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is acting in line with terrorist groups...

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