HDP deputies slam ‘Might of the Turk’ video shot in demolished Şırnak
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Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has blasted over a video showing that Turkish security forces demolished residential buildings in Şırnak province and using hate...
Survey: Majority of Turks believe Europe wants to divide Turkey
An overwhelming majority of Turks believe that Europe wants to divide Turkey in the same way the Ottoman Empire was divided, according to a...
Canadian rights advocate says Turkey’s post-coup crackdown amounts to genocide
Turkey’s post-coup witch-hunt against followers of the faith-based Gülen movement is tantamount to genocide, Renee Vaugeois, a Canadian human rights specialist, said in an interview...
Hate crimes against Syrians escalating rapidly as 3 refugee women and child are beaten...
Hate crimes against Syrian refugees have been escalating in Turkey, as three refugee women and a child were severely beaten in the middle of...
Turkish imam in Australia mobilizes worshippers to spy on Gülen movement
Süleyman Arslan, a member of the board of the Ankara-funded Süleymaniye Mosque in the Australian city of Perth, was revealed to have incited worshipers...
Turkey’s Islamist Erdoğan has closed-door meeting with US Jewish representatives
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday had a closed-door meeting with representatives of US Jewish organizations in New York, the Cumhuriyet daily...
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...
Jailed police chief Atayün’s two children detained by Turkish police
Two children of Anadolu Atayün, a former legendary police chief who was jailed in wake of the corruption and bribery scandals on December 17-25,...
Minority and Refugee Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
Turkey continued to limit the rights of minorities and refugees in 2022, with these communities suffering from rights violations, hate speech and attacks throughout...
Turkish court releases German citizen jailed on Erdoğan insult charges
A German citizen of Turkish origin, Hüseyin M., who was arrested in late August on charges of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in...
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