Pakistani authorities still silent over Kaçmaz Family on 6th day of their mysterious abduction
Turkish teacher Mesut Kaçmaz and his family, who were abducted from their home at a midnight in Lahore, are still illegally detained in an...
Turkish court sentences jailed HDP deputy co-chair Tuğluk to 1,5 years in prison
A Turkish court in the western province of Kocaeli has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party's (HDP) jailed deputy co-chair Aysel Tuğluk to 1,5 years...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan gov’t turns to rape as a political weapon in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
As part of an escalating crackdown on the right to dissent, on criticism and on opposition voices in Turkey in recent years,...
Turkish businessman denies being under police custody or house arrest in UK
Exiled Turkish businessman Akın İpek, a target of the Turkish government due to his links to the Gülen movement, has denied recent reports in...
US Embassy in Turkey’s capital targeted by gunfire
The US Embassy in Ankara has been the target of gunfire, with several shots reportedly fired from a vehicle, hitting a window.
Gunshots were reportedly...
Turkish President Erdoğan and his German counterpart exchange barbs during state dinner
A state dinner for controversial Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Berlin became awkward late Friday.
In his speech, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier lamented the...
Turkey’s Erdoğan targets journalists by labeling them as ‘provocateurs’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again targeted journalists by labeling them as "provocateurs disguised as journalists."
Erdoğan also slammed the judiciary, labeling judges "so-called...
Turkey removes signs in Kurdish as racist attacks on Kurds surge: report
The trustee appointed by Ankara to replace the pro-Kurdish mayor of the eastern city of Van has substituted local placename signs in Kurdish with...
AKP deputy Özlem Zengin says women reporting unlawful strip-searches are disreputable and immoral
Özlem Zengin, a deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), described women who had revealed their experiences of unlawful prison strip-searches as...
Turkish MP demands investigation into hate crimes targeting Alevis
Burhanettin Bulut, a deputy from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), submitted a parliamentary question on Thursday about an apparent hate crime in...
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