İstanbul imam accuses potential naysayers in referendum of treason

An imam in İstanbul’s Ümraniye district has accused the people who will vote against a constitutional reform package that seeks to introduce an executive...

Victims of Sivas Massacre commemorated on its 25th anniversary

The Sivas Massacre, an arson attack carried out by an extremist mob on mostly Alevi intellectuals inside the Madımak Hotel that killed 33 intellectuals...

Turkey detains journalist Özbek for allegedly insulting Erdoğan

Gökhan Özbek, a freelance journalist and an outspoken critic of Turkey’s post-coup human rights abuses, was detained on Thursday for allegedly insulting Turkey's autocratic...

Turkey’s Erdoğan claims Western media smearing him as they did Atatürk

Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday has claimed the Western media have been negatively portraying him as they did in the past...

A new report uncovers a murder of detained teacher in Turkey due to torture

Deaths in detentions and prisons due to torture, abuse and ill-treatment have become recurring theme in Turkey with close to 100 cases reported as...

Turkish prosecutor launches investigation after Paylan’s assassination warnings

The Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday launched an investigation following a statement by pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Garo Paylan announcing that...

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...

Erdogan’s long arm reaches to West African nation of Senegal

Turkey has expanded its witch hunt against critics to the West African nation of Senegal, specifically targeting members of the Gülen movement, using embassy...

8-year-old stripped of ‘Super Dad’ T-shirt by Turkish authorities during visit to jailed father

An 8-year-old boy was stripped of his T-shirt that bore the words ‘Super Dad’ during a visit to his father, under arrest for at...

EU’s leftists condemns Erdoğan’s abuse of Interpol, political interference in Germany

European United Left-Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) in the European Parliament condemned Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s abuse of Interpol red notices against his critics abroadand political interference...

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