Turkish President Erdoğan accuses opposition CHP and HDP of siding with Turkey’s enemies

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Erdoğan, who is also chairman of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), slammed both the country's main opposition...

Teacher sentenced to 7,5 years of imprisonment over ‘insulting’ Turkey’s Erdoğan

Teacher Fırat Erdem, who was working in Sason district of Turkey's southeastern Batman province, was sentenced to 7 years, 7 months and 19 days...

COMMENTARY — The case of Turkish journalist İbrahim Karayeğen under torture and abuse

By Abdullah Bozkurt Among all the 250 journalists who are currently languishing behind bars in Turkey under abusive conditions in which torture and ill-treatment are...

Turkey’s Erdoğan slams France’s Macron for offering to mediate between Turkish gov’t and SDF

Autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday slammed France after French President Emmanuel Macron offered to mediate between Turkey and the Kurdish-dominated Syrian...

Turkey’s Erdoğan targets leftists, communists, says they are not patriots

Turkey's autocratic President and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has targeted leftists and communists and said they are not...

CHP mayoral candidate sparks indignation with ‘racist’ remarks targeting Kurds

Controversial remarks from a mayoral candidate and senior executive of Turkey’s main opposition party targeting a pro-Kurdish party have caused anger, disappointment and frustration...

Kılıçdaroğlu to Erdoğan: State is not a mafia that threatens family of a mayor

Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday strongly criticised autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over his pressure on mayors...

Under threat of arrest in US, Erdoğan leaves his security detail at home

Members of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail who were indicted in the US for violently attacking protesters in Washington, D.C., in...

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...

Pro-Erdoğan propagandist threatens Turkish president’s critics with bloodshed

Journalist Fatih Tezcan, a pro-Erdoğan propagandist and preacher of hatred, earlier this week threatened opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with murder. “Are you...
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