IHH files complaint against AKP ‘hitman’ over controversial remarks about Mavi Marmara
The Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (İHH), which organized the Mavi Marmara flotilla to Gaza in 2010, has filed a...
A chief prosecutor in Turkey says Gülen movement like a Jewish organization
Çankırı Chief Public Prosecutor Hüsnü Aldemir likened the Gülen movement to a Jewish organization during a meeting with unit chiefs and muhtars, Haberci18 news...
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’s Erdoğan accuses marchers for justice of supporting terrorism
Targeting the ‘March for Justice’ initiated by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday accused the...
Turkey’s Erdoğan slams release of veteran Kurdish politician Türk from prison
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday criticized the release of Ahmet Türk, a veteran Kurdish politician and former mayor of Mardin, from...
Erdoğan: Turkey no longer needs European Union
Turkey no longer needs the European Union, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday, the T24 news website reported.
Speaking at the opening...
Turkey’s high court orders state to compensate academic who received death threats
The Turkish Constitutional Court has ordered the state to pay Professor Baskın Oran TL 27,000 ($4,500) in damages due to the lack of an...
Turkey’s ‘Ministry of Truth’ in action: Drowned teacher’s accomplishment record removed
Turkey’s Education Ministry has made a “necessary falsification” on its records shortly after a devoted physics teacher, removed from his job in the government’s...
Turkish pro-gov’t newspaper targets Gülen-linked charity in Germany
Daily Sabah, an English-language daily managed by family members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has targeted a Germany-based charity group, accusing of “financing...
Pro-government mob attacks HDP office in Denizli, steals laptops, money
A pro-government crowd attacked a building in Denizli belonging to Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), officials said Wednesday.
Pictures from the scene appeared to...
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