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...

Turkish police beat Reyhanlı attack victims, saying ‘Sorry, we thought you were Demirtaş supporters’

Ankara police beat family members of victims of a 2013 terrorist attack in Reyhanlı after a hearing on Friday and then apologized to them,...

Turkey’s Erdoğan to embark on new Africa tour targeting Gülen movement

Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will make a five-day official tour of four African countries — Algeria, Mauritania, Senegal and Mali — starting...

Pro-Erdoğan Turkish cleric calls for extra-judicial mass execution of ‘terrorists’: Do not leave anyone...

https://youtu.be/xT9qQ7L1RC4 A newly emerged video shows Metin Balkanlıoğlu, a radical Islamist figure within the pro-Erdoğan İsmailağa community, one of Turkey’s biggest religious sects, called on...

Turkish spy Sayan confesses working for MİT at first hearing in Germany for monitoring...

Mehmet Fatih Sayan, an alleged member of National Intelligence Agency (MİT) of Turkey, has stood trial for alleged plans to assassinate Kurdish politicians in...

Pro-Erdoğan cleric labels ‘no’ camp in referendum ‘opponents of Islam’

Hayrettin Karaman, a leading theologian and issuer of fatwas, or religious edicts for oppression and the human rights violations of the ruling Justice and...

Turkish gov’t prosecutes 263 people over social media posts in a week

The Turkish government has investigated 320 social media accounts and taken legal action against 263 users over the last week (Oct.1-Oct.8) on accusations of...

8 detained for hate speech targeting African students at northern Turkey university

Turkish police have detained eight suspects for allegedly using hate speech in social media posts against African students at a university in northwestern Turkey...

Turkey’s ruling AKP member threatens main opposition CHP leader with death

https://turkeypurge.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/HPRO0OVz74Bxd_AK.mp4 Emrullah Kavuz, a local member of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has threatened the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) leader Kemal...

Pro-Erdoğan journalist suggests killing family members of jailed Gülen followers in Turkey

https://youtu.be/aN1BdnyPiGA Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, suggested during a live TV program on Monday that Turkish intelligence...

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