High-profile Twitter accounts hacked by Erdoğanist hackers
Thousands of Twitter accounts, including high profile ones belonging to users such as Forbes, Amnesty International, the BBC’s North American service, and tennis star...
Juncker says Erdoğan’s Nazi remarks drive Turkey further away from EU
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has criticized Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his comparison of Germany and the Netherlands to the Nazis,...
German state Saarland seeks to ban Turkish political rallies
The governor of German state Saarland says that she wants to prevent Turkish government officials from holding political rallies there before Turkey’s constitutional referendum.
Governor...
Erdoğan fans burn French flag, attack Norwegian journalist mistaking for ‘Dutch’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD4lC-H3Ai4
A group of protesters in the Black Sea province of Samsun have burned a French flag as they mistook it for the Dutch flag...
Erdoğanist columnist calls on gov’t to ‘set West on fire’ before it occupies Turkey
Yakup Köse, a staunch supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and a columnist for the pro-government Star daily, on Monday called on...
Erdoğan likens Europeans to dogs: ‘They don’t bite each other’
Continuing his reactions to the Netherlands’ expulsion from the country of Turkish Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya on Saturday...
Police chief who was purged over Gülen links beaten on street in Samsun
https://youtu.be/lGjvqWTM7e8
G.E., a former police chief in Samsun who was dismissed over alleged links to the Gülen movement following a failed coup attempt last year,...
Merkel calls for end to Turkey’s Nazi accusations
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged Turkey to end Nazi accusations against her country amid the most recent tension between two countries over...
MHP deputies attacked while campaigning for ‘no’ vote in upcoming referendum
https://youtu.be/Ejb3mh-GyqE
Opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputies Ümit Özdağ and Yusuf Halaçoğlu were attacked as they were set to deliver speeches as part of a...
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...
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