Jailed Turkish journalists to protest identical uniforms by undressing during their court hearings
Jailed journalists may protest against the identical uniforms, which has been planned by the despotic regime of Turkey's autocratic Presindent Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, by...
CSU leader Seehofer demands EU cut financial aid to Turkey
Horst Seehofer, leader of the Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), has asked Brussels to cut off European...
Turkish gov’t detains 400 people in one week over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 400 people have been detained in one week due to their alleged links to the Gülen...
Turkish Airlines stops distributing ‘Heroes’ kits on overseas flights
Following a series of detentions across Turkey of people wearing T-shirts bearing the word “Hero,” an alleged symbol of support for last year’s coup...
Turkish Deputy PM Bozdağ says German Foreign Minister Gabriel has ‘inferiority complex’
Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ has targeted Germany’s foreign minister Sigmar Gabirel after he offered damning criticism of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip...
Jailed police chief Anadolu Atayün’s wife detained by Turkish government
Turkish government has detained Birsen Atayün, the wife of jailed police chief Anadolu Atayün, just days after her 15-year-old son and 17-year-old daughter were...
Turkish ministry abolishes courses on Anatolian folk dances at public education centers
The public education centers under the Directorate of Lifelong Learning of Turkey’s National Education Ministry have announced a decision to abolish all courses on...
Turkish gov’t jails 47-year-old Kurdish bus driver in Ağrı for wearing ‘Kurdistan’ T-shirt
Turkish government has arrested Mahmut Kahraman, a 47-year-old Kurdish bus driver, for wearing a T-shirt with the inscription 'Kurdistan'. Kahraman was accused by a...
Turkish gov’t launches probe into political scientist Oran over alleged ‘terror propaganda’
Turkish government has launched an investigation into famous academic Baskın Oran on charges of “making terror propaganda” in an article titled “Tragicomic experiments on...
Dihaber news agency, shuttered by Turkish gov’t, says it will continue to expose the...
The pro-Kurdish dihaber news agency, which was shut down by the most recent government decree published early Friday morning, announced that it will continue...
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