Diyanet imams spied on Gülen sympathizers in Romania
A report published by The Black Sea news website on Saturday revealed that imams from Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) spied on people sympathetic...
Pakistan government violates UNHCR status by deporting Kaçmaz Family to Turkey
The repercussions of the deportation of Turkish teacher Mesut Kaçmaz (43) and his family by Pakistan government to Turkey on early Saturday, despite of...
Turkey sees 60,000 incidents of violence against healthcare personnel in last 5 years
A total of 60,000 incidents of violence against healthcare workers have been reported in Turkey in the last five years, said Metin Memiş, president...
Report: German intelligence ponders putting pro-Erdoğan DİTİB under surveillance
German intelligence is reportedly examining whether to put the pro-Erdoğan Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB), which has been at the center of a series...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says supporters of pro-Kurdish HDP to be ‘held accountable’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday said people who supported the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and voted them into parliament will be...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Erdoğan sowing the seeds of jihadist ideology among African students
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The scary spectacle of how African exchange students who receive their education in Turkey on government scholarships are being indoctrinated in jihadist...
Turkish gov’t boycotts European human rights conference due to JWF’s participation
Turkey is the only country boycotting this year’s Human Dimensions Implementation Meeting (HDIM), Europe’s largest human rights conference sponsored by the Organisation for Security...
Turkish court acquits Erdoğanist gang leader who threatened Gülen-linked people with hanging
Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was acquitted by a Turkish court on Thursday in...
Kurdish victim of torture reveals severe ill-treatments under police custody in Turkey
Abdi Aykut, an old Kurdish villager who was subjected to systematic torture and maltreatment during 14 days under police detention, has told about the...
Turkish court sentences pro-Kurdish HDP’s former deputy co-chair Tuğluk to 10 years
An Ankara court on Friday sentenced Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) former deputy co-chair Aysel Tuğluk to 10 years in prison in a...
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