Main opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu: No safety guarantee for Germans travelling to Turkey

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu told German Focus Magazine on Saturday that there is no security guarantee for anyone...

Man detained after attacking Atatürk statue with hammer in Turkey’s Diyarbakır

https://youtu.be/axXo7uAc99E İbrahim Yeşil, 30, was detained by police on Saturday after he attacked a statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, in...

Turkish journalist receives threat after story on sale of Yazidi girl by ISIL in...

Turkish journalist Hale Gönültaş received a phone call on Monday during which she was told to “watch her step” after she wrote a story...

Turkey’s Erdoğan: CHP’s Kılıçdaroğlu may never be able to go out on the street...

Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu with not being able to go out into...

MHP deputies attacked while campaigning for ‘no’ vote in upcoming referendum

https://youtu.be/Ejb3mh-GyqE Opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputies Ümit Özdağ and Yusuf Halaçoğlu were attacked as they were set to deliver speeches as part of a...

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...

Anti-Armenian sentiment increases in Turkey following Azerbaijani-Armenian clashes: report

Clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the southern Caucasus have triggered a new wave of anti-Armenian sentiment in Turkey, exploited and fueled by ultranationalist...

Armenian-Turkish lawmaker targeted in newspaper ads for anti-war stance

Armenian-Turkish lawmaker Garo Paylan was targeted in newspaper ads published by the nationalist Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies (ASAM) think tank on Friday for...

Turkish Education Ministry launches investigation against use of ‘inter-religous dialogue’ phrase

Turkish Education Ministry has launched an paranoid investigation against a teacher of the primary school student over her use of sentences including the phrase of...

Detained mother of five children released by court with 50.000 TL bail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP8g6phRrSc Nagehan G., who was detained as she was visiting his arrested husband in Sincan Prision in Ankara together with her five children, was released...

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