Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP says local elections meaningless after Erdoğan’s threat
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on Monday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of rendering local elections useless after he said he would...
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...
Turkish President Erdoğan accuses opposition CHP and HDP of siding with Turkey’s enemies
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Erdoğan, who is also chairman of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), slammed both the country's main opposition...
Social media post condemning anti-Erdoğan Belgian-Turkish candidate sparks debate
As local Belgian elections approach, the post of a Facebook page titled “AK Parti Belçika” (Justice and Development Party Belgium) calling on Turks...
Posters of Turkish President Erdoğan used in anti-racist campaign in Switzerland
The Socialist Party (SP) of Switzerland is running a counter-campaign to a racist initiative in the country with the motto, “We don’t want a...
Turkish President Erdoğan’s ultranationalist ally threatens İYİ Party’s Akşener: My final warning
Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ultranationalist ally and chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has threatened right-wing opposition İYİ Party leader...
Turkish President Erdoğan compares Diyanet’s 140,000 imams and staff to an army
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan compared the staff and imams of Turkey’s religious body, the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), to "an army of...
Turkish President Erdoğan says European Union’s end is near
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday said he has been observing signs suggesting the European Union is coming to an end, the T24...
Police called to Fethullah Gülen’s US compound after shot fired
US police were called to the compound of Fethullah Gülen, the US-based Turkish Muslim scholar, in rural Pennsylvania on Wednesday after a guard fired...
Turkish court jails 2 more people for allegedly insulting President Erdoğan
Two people in Turkey’s Tekirdağ province were arrested on Wednesday on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, according to a...
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