Erdoğan invokes pan-Turkic ‘Kızıl Elma’ myth as Turkish military aims at Afrin
Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday invoked a militaristic Turkish myth that symbolizes world domination and unification of all Turkic peoples as...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 91 more over alleged propaganda on social media against...
Turkish government has detained at least 91 more people across Turkey on Tuesday over their alleged propaganda and criticism against the ongoing military operation together...
Erdoğan says Turkey will not take a step back from Afrin operation, hints Turkish...
Turkey will "not take a step back" from its operation into Afrin and has an agreement with Russia regarding its military offensive against the...
Turkish gov’t detains T24 columnist Baysal and more journalists over critical social media posts...
Journalist and writer Nurcan Baysal, who is a clolumnist for online news portal T24, was detained by Turkish police after midnight over her critical...
Erdoğan regime’s official mouthpiece AA targets exiled Turkish journalists over Afrin messages
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency (AA), which was managed by a former advisor of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Sunday targeted exiled...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 35 people over Afrin messages
Turkish public prosecutor’s offices on Sunday issued detention warrants for at least 35 people on accusations of disseminating the propaganda of the Kurdish Democratic...
Turkish journalist Kılıç in prison for 17 months like exactly told in quotes he...
“Would you tell me, if a president commits a secret crime, or a member of the army tortures, how would we know them? What...
Erdoğan advisor likens Turkey purge to Aborigine, Native American, Armenian cases
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief advisor, Mehmet Uçum, has said the Turkish state can apologize to the victims of a post-coup era...
Turkish-Armenian journalist Dink commemorated on 11th anniversary of his assassination
Thousands of people flocked on Friday to the former address of Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper Agos in Şişli district of İstanbul to commemorate the slain...
Former intel chief of Turkish military calls for use of MOSSAD tactics to kill...
İsmail Hakkı Pekin, a former intelligence chief of the Turkish General Staff, has suggested that Turkey make use of tactics it used against Armenian...
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