Investigation launched into Ülker after airing of disputed TV commercial
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İstanbul Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into Turkey’s largest food producer, Ülker, over a TV commercial that was perceived as a second coup...
21 journalists’ re-arrest comes after outcry among pro-gov’t colleagues
Many journalists who are either open or covert supporters of the Turkish government were outraged by a court decision on Friday for the release...
Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan’s spying, profiling expands in Norway
Two more Norwegian NGOs with links to Turkish government were involved in what appears to be illegal profiling and surveillance of critics and opponents...
Der Spiegel: Turkish embassies pursuing Erdoğan critics in 35 countries
Turkish government has been spying on its own citizens in 35 countries with the help of its diplomatic outpost, according to German weekly Der...
Germany launches investigation into Diyanet’s Keskin
The Office of the Federal Prosecutor of Germany has launched an investigation into Halife Keskin, the foreign relations general manager of Turkey’s Religious Affairs...
Tillerson meets wife of US pastor jailed over alleged Gülen links
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with the wife of a jailed American pastor, Andrew Brunson in Ankara late on March 30, a...
VIDEO — Erdoğan supporter threatens critics: You will soon die
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A supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened critics on a public bus in Istanbul, saying that all people opposed to him...
‘Yes’ campaigner for referendum shoots dead 62-year-old with rifle
With a fortnight to go until Turkey’s presidential referendum, political atmosphere has so polarized that a yes campaigner shot dead a perceived naysayer with...
German lawmakers slam Turkish gov’t for MİT’s spying on colleague
German lawmakers have voiced anger at claims that Turkey is spying on a fellow member of Parliament. The caucus leader of the Social Democratic...
Pro-gov’t daily calls for investigation of German foundations in Turkey
The pro-government Yeni Şafak daily has called on Turkish authorities to launch an investigation into German foundations in Turkey, claiming that these organizations are...
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