Pro-Erdoğan gang leader threatens European countries with violent protests

https://youtu.be/sood3kFnGzA Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said in a video that he can organize...

Erdoğan advisor says Turkey to face more chaos than in post-June 7 period if...

Chief advisor to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and columnist İlnur Çevik has warned that there will be more chaos and instability in...

Turkey gov’t systematically jails women in persecution of critics

As part of escalating crackdown on dissent and criticism which landed almost 50,000 people in jail in the last six months alone, Turkish government...

German justice minister calls Erdoğan’s Nazi remarks ‘absurd’

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas has described Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s remarks ‘absurd’ who accused Germany of employing practices similar to those...

Pro-Erdoğan cleric labels ‘no’ camp in referendum ‘opponents of Islam’

Hayrettin Karaman, a leading theologian and issuer of fatwas, or religious edicts for oppression and the human rights violations of the ruling Justice and...

When the last barricade falls: Remembering unlawful takeover of Turkey’s largest daily

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHekYe-4dyQ On March 4, 2016, exactly one year ago today , hundreds of riot police officers fired rubber bullets and gassed loyal readers of Turkey’s...

Gun shootings target opposition daily Cumhuriyet

An unidentified person who drove in a taxi by the building of opposition daily Cumhuriyet in Şişli district of İstanbul shot at the wall...

Pro-gov’t Star daily says jailed Die Welt reporter ‘not a journalist, a PKK hit-man’

The front page of the pro-government Star daily on Thursday bore a headline that targeted jailed Die Welt reporter Deniz Yücel saying he is...

United Nations told Christians in Turkey under crackdown

The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), a non-governmental organization in a special consultative status with the UN, has said religious minorities especially Christians...

Pro-Erdoğan passenger threatens ‘no’ voters on bus, saying they will be slaughtered after referendum

A passenger on a public bus in İstanbul who claimed to be a staunch supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened a group of...

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