İstanbul Bar files complaint against Minister Soylu over his ‘break the legs’ order
The İstanbul Bar Association has filed an official complaint against Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu over his call for policemen to “break the legs”...
Erdoğan’s henchmen call on Turkish gov’t to seize assets of all Gülen movement followers...
Journalists Cem Küçük and Fuat Uğur, staunch supporters of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, called on the government to seize all assets of...
Turkish gov’t officials’ removal of Santa Claus statue in Antalya stirs debate
The removal of a statue of Santa Claus by Turkish government authorities during a construction work at Demre’s central square in the Mediterranean province of...
Turkish court sentences HDP deputy Birlik to 21 months in prison over ‘insulting’ Erdoğan
A Turkish court in Şırnak province has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Leyla Birlik to 1 year and 9 months in prison for...
Turkish court sentences jailed HDP deputy co-chair Tuğluk to 1,5 years in prison
A Turkish court in the western province of Kocaeli has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party's (HDP) jailed deputy co-chair Aysel Tuğluk to 1,5 years...
AKP’s Metiner calls former Turkish President Gül ‘political dog of putschists’
Following Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s strong verbal attack on former President Abdullah Gül for his call on the government to revise a...
Turkish PM declares all critics of controversial decree ‘coup plotters’
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Sunday strongly criticized people who have condemned a new state of emergency decree that gives immunity to civilians...
Mother and son phone conversation reveals Turkish guardians in murder of Kurdish prisoner
A telephone conversation regarding 40-year old Kurdish prisoner in Balıkesir’s Kepsut prison beaten to within an inch of his life has revealed recently that...
Turkey’s Erdoğan slams former President Gül over his criticisms against gov’t decree for impunity
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday lambasted former President Abdullah Gül for his call on the government to revise a new state...
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...
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