Islamist extremists terror attack kills 20 at Turkish restaurant in Burkina Faso
Suspected Islamist extremists on Sunday opened fire at an upscale Turkish restaurant in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, killing 20 people, including a...
More Turks report stress, depression and anxiety in Erdogan’s Turkey
The escalating crackdown on fundamental rights and freedoms in an increasingly repressive regime of Turkey under the autocratic leadership of president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens main opposition leader with trial over links to jailed deputy
Turkey's autocratic President and the Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday implied that main opposition Republican...
Turkey’s Erdoğan: Are we ready for new July 15?
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Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a speech on Saturday promised to respond western powers in similar ways when they pressure Turkey and...
Turkish policemen batter two women who sought help from them in İzmir province
Two police officers allegedly battered two victimized women who were seeking for help from them over a harassment incident in Turkey's Aegean province of...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 17 football fans over banner for supporting hunger strikers
Detention warrants were issued by Samsun Chief prosecutor's Office for 17 fans of Turkish football club Beşiktaş for holding a banner during a Sunday match that...
HDP’s Baydemir: Not surprised if Turkish main opposition leader arrested
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy and party spokesperson Osman Baydemir on Thursday said it would not be a surprise if Kemal...
Turkey takes legal action against 2 people, 5 dismissed over ‘hero’ T-shirt
As part of an investigation launched after Gökhan Güçlü, a suspect on trial for an assassination attempt against Turkey's autocratic President Tayyip Erdoğan on...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t media target German journalist over interview with opposition leader
Frank Nordhausen, an İstanbul-based German journalist, has become the latest victim and target of Turkey’s pro-government media outlets over his interview with the main...
Erdoğan: Kılıçdaroğlu will pay for warning German tourists against travel to Turkey
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slammed the country's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday for his recent remarks...
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