Erdoğan targets West: Some haven’t forgotten the pain of losing İstanbul
Continuing to target the West during his nonstop “yes” campaign ahead of an April 16 referendum on a switch to an executive presidency, Turkey's...
Erdoğan refuses to listen to Kurdish citizens’ messages during a radio show
Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has refused to listen to the messages of Turkey's Kurdish citizens in a radio show he was attended...
Der Spiegel: Pro-Erdoğan Sites Take Aim at Critics in Germany
Influential German newsweekly Der Spiegel wrote that Erdoğanist websites like the Ottoman Generation and Muslim Mainstream have become gathering points for supporters of Turkey’s...
Amsterdam-based Turkish citizen says lost job due to Erdoğan’s policy of hatred
A Turkish citizen in the Netherlands casted his/her vote for Turkey’s referendum with an attached note saying that he got sacked as a result...
VIDEO — Turkey’s female police officers vow vengeance: May revenge be everlasting!
A group of police officers was revealed to have taken an oath of vengeance that resembles an infamous march by the Grey Wolves, an...
Turkish imam in Australia mobilizes worshippers to spy on Gülen movement
Süleyman Arslan, a member of the board of the Ankara-funded Süleymaniye Mosque in the Australian city of Perth, was revealed to have incited worshipers...
Erdoğan says naysayers risk afterlife as well
Waging a nonstop “yes” campaign ahead of a referendum on April 16 on the switch to an executive presidency, Turkey's political Islamist President Recep...
Pro-Erdoğan journalist to UK ambassador: You are all sons of *itches!
Pro-Erdoğan TV presenter Ertem Şener on Wednesday attacked Richard Moore, British ambassador to Turkey, on social media, using offensive language that included expletives.
“Boss of...
Dutch MPs bring threats against Turkish journalist to parliament’s agenda
Two members of the Dutch House of Representatives, Democrats 66 (D66) members Jan Paternotte and Van Meenen, have submitted a written motion directed to...
VIDEO — Erdoğan says they will not give Gülen sympathizers right to live
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Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has likened the sympathizers of Gülen movement to "cancer virus" again and has reiterated that they "will continue...
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