Gülen’s Turkish sympathizer stabbed by pro-Erdoğan relative in Belgium

İbrahim Anaz, one of the executives at a Brussels-based association sympathetic to the Gülen movement, was stabbed by a family member who is a...

Head of Turkey’s public broadcaster gives ‘Bearded Diva’ as reason for boycotting Eurovision

İbrahim Eren, the head of Turkey’s public broadcaster, has cited “someone like the bearded Austrian who wore a skirt” as one of the main...

Pro-Kurdish HDP: Turkish government jails 4,500 party members in 2 years

Turkish government has detained about 11,000 pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) members in the last two years and put 4,500 of them in prison,...

Lawyer candidate faces ‘early dismissal’ over alleged Gülen links

Turkey's Justice Ministry has been seeking to prevent a would-be lawyer from getting his/her license as he/she has been undergoing an investigation over alleged...

COMMENTARY — The case of Turkish journalist İbrahim Karayeğen under torture and abuse

By Abdullah Bozkurt Among all the 250 journalists who are currently languishing behind bars in Turkey under abusive conditions in which torture and ill-treatment are...

Turkish citizen detained for disturbing peace after filing complaint against Erdoğan

A man who filed charges against Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for “discriminating against part of society” was detained shortly afterwards on charges...

Turkey’s Erdoğan: HDP co-chair Demirtaş is a terrorist who ordered to kill 53 Kurds

Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during a press conference on Saturday that he perceives pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş...

Pro-government Turkish journalist threatens opposition leader

"Turkey’s leftist main opposition Republican People’s Party should nominate popular nationalist politician Meral Akşener as its candidate for president in the June elections,"...

Migration experts say anti-migrant sentiment in Turkey has reached a tipping point

Migration experts have said anti-migrant sentiment among the Turkish public has reached a tipping point and could result in a pogrom. Lawyer Ayşegül Karpuz and...

Erdoğan’s fury against the Netherlands stems from his frustration over ‘historic rally’

Finally, the reason for  Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's unending fury against the Netherlands has been understood. According to a report in a...

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