Systematic torture reported in police headquarter in Bartın province of Turkey
Turkish media outlets have reported new incidents of the systematic torture in the Police Department in Bartın province of Turkey which had come to...
Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens US over Zarrab, saying will set the world on fire
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday strongly criticized the US administration for allegedly trying to force jailed Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab to...
Turkey’s Erdoğan calls detained HR activist Kavala a criminal and the Turkish Soros
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that detained human rights activist and prominent businessman Osman Kavala was behind the Gezi protests...
Listening to Kurdish music cited as terror crime in an indictment in Turkey
An indictment, which has been prepared after six months against 9 Kurdish politicians and activists, who were arrested in Van province in May 2017, listed listening...
Journalist Erdal Şen and his wife behind bars due to Turkey’s collective punishment
In an example of guilt by association and blood, a veteran Turkish journalist and his wife have been languishing behind bars for 440 days...
Art show attacked by Turkists/Islamists in İstanbul, film protested in Antalya
A group of Turkists/Islamists who have been political ally of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attacked an art exhibition at İstanbul’s Abdülmecid Efendi...
Critical theologian Eliaçık attacked by Turkish Islamist thugs at book fair
İhsan Eliaçık, a Turkish theologian, who is known for his critical stance against Turkish government and autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was assulted by a...
Erdoğanist journalist Küçük: Turkish gov’t to abduct Gülen followers in US, Europe
Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said following "operations in Pakistan and Indonesia", the Turkish intelligence agency...
Turkish government detains several pro-Kurdish, leftist journalists in Ankara
Turkish government has detained numbers of pro-Kurdish and leftist journalists in Ankara province including Sibel Yükler, Duygu Erol, Habibe Eren from Jinnews and Diren...
German Minister: Turkish intelligence collecting information on opponents
The German province of North Rhine-Westphalia’s (NRW) Interior Minister Herbert Reul said Turkish Intelligence Organisation (MİT) have been collecting information about the opponents of the...
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