Pro-Erdoğan writer sparks outrage with plans to massacre neighbors in event of coup attempt
The remarks of a writer who is a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have sent shock waves across Turkey as she...
70 percent of Kurdish youths face discrimination, research shows
Seventy percent of Kurdish youths in Turkey encounter discrimination in their daily lives, according to joint research conducted by the Rawest Research Center, the...
Hate speech against refugees increases on Turkish social media as a new wave of...
Hate speech against refugees on Turkish social media has increased recently, with a new wave of refugee arrivals in Turkey starting as the Taliban...
Doctors leaving Turkey should be stripped of citizenship: Turkish mayor
Taner İşbir, a district mayor from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Çorum, has called on the Turkish government to revoke the...
Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders in Turkey: 2023 in Review
The situation of human rights defenders in Turkey has significantly deteriorated since a coup attempt in July 2016, with the HRDs subjected to judicial...
Erdoğan aide urges crackdown on political actors defending Gülen-linked purge victims
A senior adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said appeals for relief for people dismissed over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
New mother detained over alleged Gülen links despite doctor’s objection in Turkey
Hatice Avan, who gave birth to a baby in the western Turkish province of Denizli on Thursday, was detained on Friday, despite her doctor’s...
Turkish gov’t puts 669th baby behind bars over his parents’ alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish government put the 669th baby behind the bars as his father and mother were arrested and sent to jail as part of massive...
HDP says Turkish gov’t destructs 13 cemeteries where killed PKK militants buried
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has stated on Friday that Turkish authorities have destructed at least 13 cemeteries where the killed militants of...
Pro-gov’t daily: Turkey, Russia could conduct joint operation to abduct Fethullah Gülen
Turkey and Russia could carry out a joint operation to abduct US-based Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen to Turkey due to Gülen’s alleged role in...
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