Turkish court gives 21-month sentence to a 13-year-old for insulting Erdoğan
A.Ş., 13, was handed down a 21-month suspended sentence for allegedly insulting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, the Artı Gerçek...
Turkish court releases 3 suspects in attack on funeral of HDP deputy’s mother
A Turkish court released three suspects on Friday in their first hearing in a case against an attack on the funeral of Hatun Tuğluk,...
US ambassador: Some in Turkish gov’t want vengeance rather than justice
John Bass, the departing US ambassador to Turkey, on Friday said some in the Turkish government are motivated by “vengeance rather than justice,” voicing...
Turkey’s Erdoğan gears up his anti-Semitic rhetoric as targeting KRG’s Barzani
Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued on Thursday to associate Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) referendum on independence from Iraq with Jews and Israel...
Turkish security forces strip naked 7 people during detention in anti-PKK operation
Seven people were stripped naked with their hands tied on their back before they were detained as part of an investigation into the outlawed...
Pro-gov’t Turkish satire magazine deletes provocative cartoon upon public outcry
Pro-government Turkish satirical magazine Misvak has removed a cartoon depicting Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ultranationalist ally Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)...
Turkey accuses ‘Academics for Peace’ signatories of ‘terrorist propaganda’
Signatories of a peace declaration titled “We Will Not Be a Party to This Crime” of January 2016 are facing accusations of terrorist...
Report: Germany to pay 300K euros to Erdoğanist spy organization DİTİB
The German government will reportedly pay 297,750 euros to controversial Religious Affairs Turkish-Islamic Union (DİTİB) which has close ties with Turkey's Erdoğan regime and...
Turkey arrests pro-Kurdish mayor of Mersin’s Akdeniz district
Mehmet Fazıl Türk, co-Mayor of Mersin's Akdeniz district from pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), was arrested by a Turkish court on Wednesday with charge...
Turkish gov’t removes Kurdish novelist & poet Uzun’s name from Diyarbakır’s park
Turkish government has reportedly removed the name of a famous Kurdish-Swedish novelist and poet Mehmed Uzun from a public park in Diyarbakır province in...
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