Alevi houses marked with red paint sparks fear among residents

A number of Alevi residences were marked with red paint in Turkey's northwestern Yalova province, bringing back memories of violence against the community in...

Hate speech against Gülen movement escalates as pro-Erdoğan propagandist calls for extermination

Journalist Fatih Tezcan, a pro-Erdoğan propagandist, on Tuesday said on a live YouTube broadcast that followers of the Gülen movement should be massacred right...

Opposition MP admits post-coup purge of bureaucrats carried out with no solid evidence

An opposition lawmaker who was a member of a commission formed to investigate an attempted coup in 2016 has said a post-coup purge of...

Somali restaurant owner’s harassment by Turkish police was racially motivated: court

A court in Ankara has ruled that Turkish police discriminated against a Somali restaurant owner, recognizing a racial bias in the enforcement of measures...

SCF report on the Netherlands decodes Erdoğan’s long arm in Europe

Turkey has escalated its witch hunt persecution on critics to abroad using government institutions, quasi-official parallel structures and front NGOs, a report released by Stockholm...

Pro-Kurdish HDP’s imprisoned co-chair Demirtaş ‘repays’ Erdoğan for terrorist remarks

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş has said he is “repaying” Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his accusation that he...

Journalist Erdal Şen and his wife behind bars due to Turkey’s collective punishment

In an example of guilt by association and blood, a veteran Turkish journalist and his wife have been languishing behind bars for 440 days...

COMMENTARY — Erdoğan’s creeping radical Islamist projects in Macedonia

By Abdullah Bozkurt Macedonia has been targeted by a hostile Islamist agenda discreetly pursued by the government of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who...

Islamist Turkish academic threatens people with civil war if Erdoğan loses elections

Erdoğanist Turkish academic Professor Ahmet Maranki has threatened the nation with civil war if the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its presidential...

Turkish President Erdoğan’s ultra-nationalist ally targets journalists who ‘defamed’ his party

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, an ultra-nationalist ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, ran an advertisement in a number of newspapers...
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