Miss Turkey decrowned just hours after due to tweet on failed coup attempt
The winner of Miss Turkey 2017 was decrowned on Friday just hours after winning the beauty pageant, after a tweet she posted about the...
Erdoğanist journalist detained in Turkey due to report on MİT secretary
Ömer Turan, a staunch supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been detained due to his report on Turkish National Intelligence Organization...
Turkey’s National Security Council says Iraqi Kurdish referendum illegitimate, unacceptable
Turkey’s National Security Council Meeting (MGK), which convened under Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ended late on Friday, has stressed that the Iraqi...
Pro-Erdoğan TV channel to be established in Germany with Turkish Embassy’s help
An Internet television channel called Z-23, which will promote Turkey's autocraticPresident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Germany, is...
Erdoğan praises Merkel for not criticizing Turkey’s policies
Amid tension between Berlin and Ankara, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday that he was hopeful about Turkey’s relations with Germany...
Security guards of Turkey’s Erdoğan again beat protesters during NYC speech
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The private security detail of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday beat up protesters who have allegedly caused a disturbance during a...
Turkish government arrests 14 lawyers on alleged terror charges
A total of 14 lawyers, who defending the jailed hunger striking educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, have been arrested on charges of alleged...
Erdoğan says Turkish people studying in West become voluntary agents
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said people who go to study in Western countries assimilate into their culture and become voluntary agents...
Erdoğan defines jailed journalists in Turkey as ‘terrorists, bomb attackers, thieves’
After Turkey's Deputy Minister Bekir Bozdağ, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has also claimed on Wednesday that nobody in Turkey is under investigation and...
Erdoğan to Macron: It is a value to meet Turkey’s president
Turkish Presidency official Twitter account posted on Wednesday a picture of French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with a...
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