Pro-Erdoğan Turkish journalists call for assassination of Gülen followers abroad
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Journalists Cem Küçük and Fuat Uğur, who are staunch supporters of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, made a call on Thursday for the...
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Kurdish seasonal workers attacked by farmer, villagers in northwest Turkey
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Twitter removes Turkish far-right leader’s tweet targeting Boğaziçi students
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Fethullah Gülen’s lawyers: Gülen movement has no link with Zarrab case in US
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13-year-old Kurd placed under travel ban, judicial supervision despite suffering racist attack
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Council of State member criticises Turkish opposition candidate İnce for headscarf stance
Aysel Demirel, a member of Turkey’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has criticized Muharrem İnce, presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican...
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