Prosecutor demands aggravated life for man accused of brutally murdering Syrian refugees

An İzmir prosecutor has demanded an aggravated life sentence for Kemal Korukmaz, who allegedly burned three Syrian construction workers to death in November 2021,...

Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan’s spying, profiling expands in Norway

Two more Norwegian NGOs with links to Turkish government were involved in what appears to be illegal profiling and surveillance of critics and opponents...

Thousands gather in Diyarbakır for pro-Kurdish HDP’s ‘Conscience, Justice and Democracy’ meeting

Thousands of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) supporters have gathered for “Conscience, Justice and Democracy” meeting in Station Square of Diyarbakır province on...

Lawyers: Associating the assassin of Russian envoy with Fethullah Gülen a big slander

The lawyers of US-based Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen have stated on Tuesday that the claim of their client knows police officer Mevlüt Mert...

Cellmate: Teacher abducted by Turkey’s MİT from Malaysia subjected to torture in Ankara

Alaettin Duman, a teacher in Malaysia who in 2016 was abducted by agents of the notorious Turkish National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) from Malaysia's capital...

Austrian Chancellor Kurz receives death threats after targeted by Turkey’s Erdoğan

Austrian security forces have gone on full alert after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan personally targeted Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who ordered the closing...

Turkish gov’t realises almost 15,000 official contacts across world to defame Gülen movement

Turkish government led by Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has realised almost 15,000 official contacts with its international interlucutors to defame the members and...

Erdoğan says US threatened Turkey: Release Brunson ‘by 6 p.m. tomorrow’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday revealed details of his negotiations with the US administration over the release of American evangelical pastor Andrew...

Turkish gov’t says operations targeting Gülen movement could extend to US

Turkey’s presidential spokesman İbrahim Kalın said during a press conference on Friday that the Turkish government would continue its global manhunt for followers of...

Black humour: Erdoğan says no group’s freedom has deteriorated in 16 years of AKP...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that the freedom of no individual or an ethnic or religious group had deteriorated in Turkey...

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