Turkish research assistant kills 4 academics after accusing them of being Gülen followers
A research assistant at Osmangazi University in the central Turkish province of Eskişehir has shot and killed four university employees who he has been...
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...
Turkey detains daughter of US consulate employee amid Turkish-American tension
The daughter of a US Consulate staff member for whom Turkish authorities issued a detention warrant on Sunday over alleged links to the faith-based...
Erdoğan calls Turkey’s jailed journalists ‘thieves, child abusers, terrorists’
At a time when Turkey ranks the first among a list of countries with the highest number of jailed journalists, Turkey’s autocratic President Recep...
Syrian businesses and homes attacked in İzmir amid increasing anti-migrant sentiment in Turkey
A group of locals attacked the houses, workplaces and cars of Syrian refugees in İzmir on Thursday evening at a time when anti-migrant sentiment...
Turkish court releases only journalist Gürsel in Cumhuriyet case
An İstanbul court on Monday ordered for the release of journalist Kadri Grürsel pending trial, all other imprisoned journalists and executives ordered to remain...
Threats against Dutch-Turkish Rotterdam politician prompts leave of absence
It is reported by nltimes.nl that a Dutch-Turkish CDA councilor in Rotterdam, Turan Yazır, is taking a leave of absence from his faction due...
Polling place at Diyanet mosque in Amsterdam accused of pressuring voters
The Amsterdam municipality visited a polling station at a Turkish mosque in the Dutch capital after the mosque was accused of pressuring voters with...
Turkey’s Erdoğan: HDP co-chair Demirtaş is a terrorist who ordered to kill 53 Kurds
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during a press conference on Saturday that he perceives pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş...
Members of Grup Yorum and fashion designer Şansal released
The members of leftist band Grup Yorum and fashion designer Barbaros Şansal were released from the prison at their at their court hearing in İstanbul...
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