Pro-Kurdish candidate fights anti-migrant sentiment in local Turkish elections
A pro-Kurdish candidate who lost his arm in prison during a police raid after a hunger strike in 2000 has turned three decades of...
COMMENTARY — CoE asks Erdoğan to stop promoting political Islam in Europe
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The multinational proposal tabled last year by the parliamentarians of the Council of Europe (CoE), the large intergovernmental organization that champions democracy,...
Armenian-Turkish lawmaker targeted in newspaper ads for anti-war stance
Armenian-Turkish lawmaker Garo Paylan was targeted in newspaper ads published by the nationalist Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies (ASAM) think tank on Friday for...
Kurdish seasonal workers attacked by farmer, villagers in northwest Turkey
Sixteen Kurdish seasonal farm laborers were attacked on September 4 by a farm owner and a group of villagers in Turkey's northwestern province of...
Turkish city decides to change name of ‘NATO Yolu Street’ as reaction to NATO
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Nigeria on alert over spying activities of Maarif Foundation and Diyanet imams
Spying scandal that involved Turkish imams and other Turkish state officials who were accused of profiling critics and opponents of Turkey’s president abroad has...
Academic says Gülen movement followers should be sent to rehabilitation camps
A professor of communications, Muttalip Kutluk Özgüven, has said followers of the Gülen movement, accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup...
Reporter from Turkey’s staunchly pro-Erdoğan daily expresses support for ISIL
Yılmaz Bilgen, a reporter for the Yeni Şafak daily and TV Net, staunch supporters of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, expressed support for...
Erdoğan’s advisor: NATO behind all coups, Turkey must review membership
Yalçın Topçu, a key advisor of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Monday said NATO was behind all coups in Turkey, stating that...
Turkey’s pro-Erdoğan daily lists Pope and Trump as terrorists in its front page
Turkey's pro-government Yenisöz daily has placed US President Donald Trump, Pope Francis and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on a list of wanted...
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