Coronavirus pandemic fuels hate speech in Turkey
The coronavirus pandemic has fueled hate and xenophobic speech in the predominantly pro-government Turkish media, which accuses the usually targeted groups and countries including...
Using genocidal language, Erdoğan ally defines Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party as ‘poisonous vermin,’ calls for...
Using genocidal language, Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, defined Turkey’s pro-Kurdish...
Hate crimes against Kurds on the rise in Turkey with attacks in 2 different...
A series of apparent hate crimes against Kurds took place in Turkey this week as a group of seasonal workers were attacked in Afyon...
Turkey’s vice president calls purge victims ‘terrorists’
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay has called the victims of a massive purge of state institutions “terrorists,” accusing opposition parties of having plans for...
13-year-old Kurd placed under travel ban, judicial supervision despite suffering racist attack
A court in İstanbul has imposed judicial supervision measures and a travel ban on a 13-year-old Kurdish teenager in a case concerning an alleged...
Trustee removes name of slain Kurdish activist Elçi from park in Van
Hacı Asım Akgül, a trustee appointed by the government to Van’s Çatak Municipality, has removed the name of former Diyarbakır Bar Association head and...
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...
Turkish thug attacks demonstration for jailed 668 children in Germany’s Nuremberg
A Turkish thug has attacked a demonstration in Germany’s Nuremberg, held in solidarity with the children jailed along with their mothers in Turkey.
In a...
Turkey’s Erdoğan sues CHP leader this time for TL 500,000 in non-pecuniary damages
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday once again filed a lawsuit against Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for...
Several injured as election office of Turkey’s main opposition CHP attacked in Konya
Several members of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) were injured when a group of unknown assailants attacked the party’s election office in...
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