An assailant defaces Alevi cemevi in Turkey with insults, cursing
An unidentified assailant wrote insulting and curse-filled graffiti on the walls of a cemevi, an Alevi house of worship, in the northwestern province of...
Erdoğan says West might have technology but Turkey has faith in God
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized Western countries for disrespecting Turkey’s security concerns, saying they may have advanced technology but Turkey has faith...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says NATO enemy chart made by ‘vile’ people
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday said a NATO enemy chart incident was caused by vile people, adding that the issue cannot...
Erdoğan’s henchman threatens exiled Turkish journalists with extrajudicial killings
Former speechwriter and a favourite henchman of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and current ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Aydın Ünal...
Former Turkish deputy PM: The death of America is nearing
Former Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Çavuşoğlu said the United States would soon be finished and that Turkey does not fear the power of...
Turkish gov’t launches probe into pro-Kurdish HDP’s newly-elected co-chair
A Turkish prosecutor launched a terrorism investigation into the newly-elceted co-chair of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) on Monday, just a day after...
Alevis targeted in 8 out of 14 hate crimes in Turkey: report
Alevis were targeted in more than half of the hate crimes recorded in Turkey in 2020, according to a report by a human rights...
Erdoğan’s bodyguards to be charged in attacks at Turkish ambassador’s DC residence
Criminal charges will be announced against 12 members of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail, accused by authorities of attacking protesters outside...
Turkish PM: We did not ask US for evidence of Sept. 11
Amid reports that Turkey may have offered $15 million to a former adviser of US President Donald Trump to illegally remove Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen...
Dutch journalist filed complaint against threats from Turkey
A Dutch journalist of Turkish origin who has been targeted by threats originating from Turkey prompted authorities in the Netherlands to take security measures.
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