Candidate for German chancellor Schulz says will not be blackmailed by Erdoğan
Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader and candidate for German chancellor Martin Schulz on Saturday strongly criticized Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over human...
Turkey’s largest trial of journalists opens on Monday
The first trial hearing is set to start on Monday against 30 leading journalists and newspaper executives in the case where the prosecutor demands...
Academic who tweeted about strangling opposition deputy released
A man who tweeted about strangling main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu was released on Friday after interrogation at a police...
Funeral attacker takes photo with Turkish interior minister at police station
Murat Alp, a participant in a racist attack on the funeral of Hatun Tuğluk, mother of jailed Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aysel Tuğluk,...
Turkish twitter user says wrong person jailed for provocative hashtag
A popular Twitter user posting under the name “JeansBiri” tweeted on Friday that a man who was arrested last November for allegedly starting a...
Turkish passenger on same plane as CHP deputy tweets about strangling him
A passenger sitting behind main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu on a plane asked in a tweet whether he should kill...
Turkish government releases French journalist Loup Bureau from jail
French journalist Loup Bureau has been released from jail, his lawyer said on Friday. "We are pleased to announce the release of journalist Loup Bureau. He...
Survey shows Turkey, Italy most anti-immigration while Britain positive
Turkey and Italy are most worried about immigration, while Britain has become much less concerned, a global survey said on Thursday. According to a recent...
Turkish education center to job seekers: Prove you are not ‘FETÖ’ member
An adult education center in Kırıkkale province has asked job applicants to provide a document indicating that they are not affiliated with “FETÖ,” a...
US State Department spokesperson to Ankara mayor: I hope those prayers fall on deaf...
Responding to Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gökçek, who said he prayed disasters such as hurricanes Harvey and Irma would continue in the United...
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