Pro-gov’t columnist suggests setting Turkey’s Silivri Prison ablaze to kill inmates from Gülen movement
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Fatih Tezcan, a pro-government public speaker and columnist, said in a video message posted on social media on Friday that people should gather in...
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COMMENTARY — Erdogan’s confidante who led armed Islamist group operating in Sweden via UETD
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Metin Külünk, a close confidante of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is the man who is in charge of clandestine operations in...
Staff of Turkey’s state-run TRT briefly detained in Greece
Staff members of Turkey's public TV broadcaster TRT were briefly detained in the Greek city of Alexandroupolis late Saturday.
According to a report by Turkey's...
Bolu mayor seeks to deter migrants by imposing exorbitant fee for foreigners who want...
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Juncker says Erdoğan’s Nazi remarks drive Turkey further away from EU
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has criticized Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his comparison of Germany and the Netherlands to the Nazis,...
13-year-old Kurd placed under travel ban, judicial supervision despite suffering racist attack
A court in İstanbul has imposed judicial supervision measures and a travel ban on a 13-year-old Kurdish teenager in a case concerning an alleged...
İstanbul court gives Turkish actress suspended sentence for allegedly insulting Erdoğan
An İstanbul regional court on Thursday handed down a suspended sentence of 11 months, 20 days to Turkish singer and actress Zuhal Olcay for...
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,...
Mayor of Turkey’s capital city prays Harvey and Irma hurricanes continue in US
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gökçek shared from his Twitter account on Tuesday the level of economic damage caused by Harvey and Irma hurricanes...
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