Ultranationalist columnist says Turkey must get rid of Gülen followers, hints at mass burning

https://youtu.be/YxdMi5g-16U Sabahattin Önkibar, a columnist for the Aydınlık daily, which is affiliated with the ultranationalist Homeland Party (VP) of Doğu Perinçek, said on Sunday that...

Turkish PM: We did not ask US for evidence of Sept. 11

Amid reports that Turkey may have offered $15 million to a former adviser of US President Donald Trump to illegally remove Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen...

Erdoğan’s most favorite columnist: Vatican uses ‘evicted jinns in intelligence services’

Radical Islamist Yeni Akit daily's columnist Abdurrahman Dilipak, who is knwon as one of the most favorite columnist of Turkey's autocratic President and Justice...

HDP’s Demirtaş: No chance of fair trial in Turkey under Erdoğan

Turkey's jailed pro-Kurdish opposition leader said no judge could stand up to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, expressing doubts he could ever have...

UK envoy slams Erdoğan’s advisor, pro-Erdoğan journalist for not condemning London terror attack

Richard Moore, the United Kingdom’s ambassador in Ankara, criticized an adviser of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for not condemning a London terror...

EU’s counter-terrorism chief: EU does not deem Gülen movement as ‘terror organisation’

The European Union does not share Turkish government's view that the Gülen movement, which has been inspired by the teachings of the US-based Turkish-Muslim...

Syriacs in Turkey considering returning to Europe

Syriacs living in southeastern Turkey are considering moving back to Europe after their assets, including churches were seized by the Treasury, the Gazete Karınca...

Turkish PM Yıldırım slams US, says holding business with terrorists ‘humiliating’

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said on Thursday that the US cooperation with "terrorist organisations" is self-humiliating for Washington. According to report by Turkey's...

142 Armenians leave Turkey in one day amid rising anti-Armenian sentiment

One hundred forty-two Armenians left Turkey yesterday amid rising anti-Armenian sentiment following Azerbaijani-Armenian clashes, according to a tweet by Yetvart Danzikyan, editor-in-chief of the...

Tearful Balıkesir Mayor Uğur resigns in the face of threats to his family

Ahmet Edip Uğur, the mayor of Balıkesir, on Monday resigned in tears under mounting pressure exerted by Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, saying...

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