Turkish woman in symbol photo: These red crosses mean that Alevis to be killed
Yüksel Kalın, whose photograph has been the symbol of deep anxiety of the Alevi community whose houses were marked with red crosses in Turkey's...
Gülenophobia of Turkey’s Erdoğan regime leads to more changes in street names
The animosity of the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has resulted in more street names being changed in İstanbul.
According to a...
Four ODTÜ students arrested over placard ‘insulting’ Erdoğan
An Ankara court on Wednesday arrested four students from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) in Ankara for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by carrying...
Turkish-German politician Özdemir, a vocal critic of Turkey’s Erdoğan, given police protection
Turkish-German politician Cem Özdemir, a vocal critic of the Turkish government and its autocratic leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was reportedly given a police bodyguard...
Former intel chief of Turkish military calls for use of MOSSAD tactics to kill...
İsmail Hakkı Pekin, a former intelligence chief of the Turkish General Staff, has suggested that Turkey make use of tactics it used against Armenian...
Erdoğan: Iran sanctions case in US part of a ‘new coup attempt’ against Turkey
The case opened by a New York court against Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla into breaching the US sanctions on Iran, is part of an...
Erdoğan says global anti-Turkey propaganda will not succeed, slams US
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed on Saturday that a global anti-Turkey propaganda based on lies would not be successful.
"Launching a worldwide war...
Erdoğan’s advisor Bulut says EU is sick, Turkey must part ways with it
Yiğit Bulut, a chief advisor of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said the European Union (EU) is sick and struck by a...
Turkey’s Director of Religious Affairs targets Gülen movement supporters in Bosnia
Mehmet Görmez, the director of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), has targeted Gülen movement followers in Bosnia, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported on...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court rules in favor of LGBT activist in landmark hate speech case
Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of LGBT activist Efruz Kaya, declaring that a lower court’s refusal to block homophobic content targeting her...
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