Turkish PM vows emergency rule will continue till Gülen movement wiped out
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said in Ankara on Thursday that the state of emergency which was declared following a failed coup attempt in...
Prime suspect in murder of Kurdish family apprehended
The prime suspect in the murder of seven members of a Kurdish family who then tried to set the family’s house ablaze in the...
Pro-Erdoğan TV channel to be established in Germany with Turkish Embassy’s help
An Internet television channel called Z-23, which will promote Turkey's autocraticPresident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Germany, is...
Turkish court acquits gang leader over his ‘we’ll shower in your blood’ threat against...
Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkey's Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was acquitted by a Turkish court on Friday...
Germany warns citizens visiting Turkey about online criticism of Erdoğan
Germany has warned its citizens visiting Turkey to be extra cautious about their social media feeds in response to a spate of cases of...
Wave of online hate speech follows countrywide attacks on Syrians in Turkey
Turkish social media erupted with hate speech targeting Syrian refugees on Tuesday, following a series of attacks on the refugee community across the country...
Turkish university cancels World Greek Language Day events due to xenophobic pushback
The faculty of languages, history and geography of Turkey’s Ankara University on Tuesday announced that it had canceled plans to mark World Greek Language...
Interior Ministry says no hate speech or crimes against Turkish Armenians occurred during Azerbaijan-Armenia...
Turkey’s Ministry of Interior said no attacks or hate speech targeting Turkey’s Armenian community occurred during last year’s clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia over...
Man who killed 5 relatives in Turkey’s Konya province claims they were American spies
Atılgan Kömür (29), who early Monday morning killed five of his relatives in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, has said they deserved to...
Pro-gov’t TV claims $100,000 bills were given to senior Gülen executives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hss3dXU8okw
Nazif Karaman, Sabah daily special intelligence director and a commentator for the pro-government A Haber TV, claimed on Wednesday that $100,000 bills, which were...
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