HDP deputies slam ‘Might of the Turk’ video shot in demolished Şırnak
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Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has blasted over a video showing that Turkish security forces demolished residential buildings in Şırnak province and using hate...
Security guards of Turkey’s Erdoğan again beat protesters during NYC speech
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The private security detail of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday beat up protesters who have allegedly caused a disturbance during a...
Turkish mayor faces backlash over derogatory social media post targeting Armenians
Controversial Turkish mayor Tanju Özcan is facing backlash after posting a social media message using derogatory language towards Armenians, the Agos news website reported.
Özcan,...
HRCP calls for immediate release of abducted Turkish family in Pakistan
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for the immediate release of former Director of Pak-Turk school Mesut Kaçmaz’s and his family...
Turkey takes legal action against 2 people, 5 dismissed over ‘hero’ T-shirt
As part of an investigation launched after Gökhan Güçlü, a suspect on trial for an assassination attempt against Turkey's autocratic President Tayyip Erdoğan on...
Erdoğan vows to clean communist youths out of Turkish universities
Autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday lambasted students at Bogaziçi University who protested other students for commemorating soldiers killed in a military...
Turkey’s Erdoğan calls detained HR activist Kavala a criminal and the Turkish Soros
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that detained human rights activist and prominent businessman Osman Kavala was behind the Gezi protests...
Turkish prosecutors present toddler’s photo as evidence of terrorist propaganda
A photograph of Turkish journalist Sibel Hürtaş's one-year-old son has been included as evidence against her that prosecutors say shows she had incited hatred...
Aide says if Erdoğan is harmed, nobody in world will be able to enjoy...
A chief aide to the Turkey's autocratic President said if any harm is done to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, nobody in any part of the...
Report: Suspicious abductions in Turkey raise fears of state role
A series of mysterious kidnappings in Turkey is bringing back the fear of forced disappearances by state agencies in the mid-1990s, Politico has reported.
According...
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