AKP official who attracted criticism with civil war remarks resigns

Justice and Development Party (AKP) Manisa provincial deputy chairman Ozan Erdem who warned of a civil war if a ‘no’ vote comes out from...

CHP mayoral candidate draws ire with discriminatory remarks toward refugee children

A candidate for mayor of a district in Ankara from the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) has attracted criticism for discriminatory remarks he...

Malaysia turned over Erdoğan’s critics to Turkey where they will be tortured

Ignoring human rights organization’s plea to not turn three Turkish nationals over to Turkey where they will be subjected to torture and abuse, Malaysian...

70-year-old Turkish businessman re-arrested after Erdoğan’s henchman reacted to his release

Cahit Nakıboğlu, a 70-year-old businessman who spent nearly 1,5 years behind the bars as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown against the Gülen movement,...

Turkish-Armenian journalist Dink commemorated on 11th anniversary of his assassination

Thousands of people flocked on Friday to the former address of Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper Agos in Şişli district of İstanbul to commemorate the slain...

İstanbul imam accuses potential naysayers in referendum of treason

An imam in İstanbul’s Ümraniye district has accused the people who will vote against a constitutional reform package that seeks to introduce an executive...

Ankara Mayor Gökçek warns of foreign countries’ plan to trigger artificial quake

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gökçek has warned that foreign countries might be planning to trigger an artificial earthquake in Turkey’s Marmara region to...

Amedspor player Deniz Naki briefly detained by Turkish police over allegedly insulting Erdoğan

Deniz Naki, a player for Diyarbakır-based Amedspor football team, was briefly detained on Tuseday over his alleged Twitter posts insulting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey's...

Turkish neo-nationalists demand ban for pro-Kurdish HDP

The Turkish left-wing neo-nationalist Patriotic Party (VP), appealed today to Turkey’s Court of Cassation to shut down the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP), Sputnik...

KRG’s PM Barzani defies Iraq’s top court decision: Referendum to be held Sept. 25

Iraq’s Supreme Court has ordered the suspension of an independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan, slated for Sept. 25, until it makes a final ruling...
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