Gülenophobia of Turkey’s Erdoğan regime leads to more changes in street names
The animosity of the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has resulted in more street names being changed in İstanbul.
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Pro-Erdoğan journalist suggests killing family members of jailed Gülen followers in Turkey
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Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, suggested during a live TV program on Monday that Turkish intelligence...
Turkey bars entry of critics by adding their names next to ISIL suspects
Turkey has been arbitrarily refusing the entry for foreign nationals of Turkish origin who are deemed critical of the country's autocratic President Recep Tayyip...
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...
Turkey’s far-right leader calls HDP employee killed in attack a ‘terrorist’
Leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party Devlet Bahçeli has said a young woman who was killed in an attack on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’...
Turkish mosques in northwest Germany receive hate letters
Three Turkish-operated mosques in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia have received letters with Islamophobic messages from unknown sources, the Gazete Duvar news website...
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...
Radical Islamist HÜDA-PAR supports AKP member’s ‘new state’ remarks about Turkish Republic
Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu, chair of the Free Cause Party (HÜDA-PAR), a political arm of the Kurdish Hizbullah and a close ally of the ruling Justice...
Turkey’s top court rules on ByLock in line with justice minister’s remarks
The Supreme Court of Appeals’ Assembly of Criminal Chambers has ruled the ByLock smart phone application to be considered evidence of membership in a...
Radical Islamist man attacks Atatürk statue with sickle in Turkey
Mehmet Malbora on Sunday attacked a statue of Atatürk in the Siverek district of Şanlıurfa province, saying it represented idolatry, Hurriyet reported.
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