YÖK says Boğaziçi academic fired for signing peace declaration
Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK) has announced that Noémi Levy-Aksu, an assistant professor of history at Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi University, who was dismissed from...
Turkey’s Erdoğan sues main opposition leader for TL 1,5 million in damages
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday filed a lawsuit against main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for TL 1,5...
Turkish Deputy PM Bozdağ says German Foreign Minister Gabriel has ‘inferiority complex’
Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ has targeted Germany’s foreign minister Sigmar Gabirel after he offered damning criticism of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip...
Germany seeks to ban ultranationalist Turkish Grey Wolves’ symbols
German politicians from both sides of the aisle want to ban the salute of the Grey Wolves, a Turkish ultranationalist organization known for its...
Turkish court arrests soldier for calling Atatürk a ‘freemason’
An İstanbul court ordered the arrest of a soldier on Wednesday on charges of “insulting the legacy of Atatürk” through his social media posts,...
Pro-Erdoğan daily to Trump envoy: Shameless blackmailer
The pro-government Yeni Şafak daily has called Brett McGurk, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL “a shameless...
Prosecutor accuses Gülen movement of spreading Christianity in Turkey
An indictment that demands 35 years in prison for American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been jailed in Turkey since October 2016, accuses the...
Turkey jails 19-year-old over allegedly ‘insulting’ Erdoğan on social media
A 19-year-old university student has been arrested by an Edirne court over allegedly “insulting” Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, the Diken...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t media now accuses world-famous pop singer Tarkan of Gülen links
Ersin Ramoğlu, a columnist for the Sabah daily, on Monday accused world-famous Turkish pop star Tarkan Tevetoğlu, aka Tarkan, along with renowned comedian Cem...
Parents of Turkish hunger strikers say police threaten them to halt protest
The parents of hunger strikers Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça made a statement to the press regarding police threats to halt the protests.
The family...
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Erdogan’s Long Arm: The Case of Senegal
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Turkey has expanded its witch hunt against critics to the West African nation of Senegal, specifically targeting...
Clampdown on foreign journalists in Turkey
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Turkey, the most notorious country in the world in terms of jailing journalists, with 237 currently behind bars, has also come after foreign...
Free Thought under Siege in Turkey: the Crackdown on Education
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- Crackdown on education sector in Turkey victimized nearly 100,000 teachers and academics
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‘Erdoğan’s Long Arm: The Case of Sweden’
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Turkey has expanded its witch hunt against critics to Sweden, using government institutions, affiliated NGOs and operatives, a report released by the Stockholm Center...
Kurdish political movement under crackdown in Turkey: The case of the HDP
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- New report highlights crackdown on Kurdish political movement in Turkey
The Kurdish political movement has come under intense pressure from the current government...
Erdoğan’s Long Arm: The Case Of Norway
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- Erdoğan’s long arm reaches to Norway, targeting critics of Turkish government
Turkey has escalated its witch hunt persecution on critics to Norway using...
Turkey Cracks Down On Health Care Professionals
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- New research shows Turkey’s purge destroyed lives of 21,000 health care workers
More than 21,000 health care professionals including doctors, nurses, medical professors,...
Tortured to Death: Holding Gökhan Açıkkollu’s Killers To Account
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- A new report uncovers a murder of detained teacher in Turkey due to torture
Deaths in detentions and prisons due to torture, abuse...
Abuse Of The Interpol System By Turkey
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- Turkey weaponised Interpol system to persecute critics, new study exposes
The Turkish government’s blatant abuse of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to...
Erdoğan’s Rule by Royal Decree: Turkey’s Contempt for The Rule of Law
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- New research decodes how Turkey brands law abiding & peaceful people as terrorists
The authoritarian government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s open contempt...