Turkish gov’t lambastes US expression of ‘serious concern’ over humanitarian crisis in Afrin
Turkey has pushed back at a statement issued by US State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert on Monday expressing “serious concern” over the current situation...
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...
VIDEO — Resident asks Erdoğan to seize neighbors’ flats over alleged Gülen links
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The resident of a housing complex in İstanbul to which Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently paid a visit asked him to direct...
Armenian MP Paylan: I will never give up my fight for Turkey’s democratization
Garo Paylan, an Armenian deputy from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was threatened by far-right independent member of the Turkish Parliament Ümit Özdağ...
Organizers say İstanbul LGBT pride march will go ahead despite ban
İstanbul’s sixth lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride march will go ahead on Sunday even though the governor of the city banned it...
Germany warns citizens visiting Turkey about online criticism of Erdoğan
Germany has warned its citizens visiting Turkey to be extra cautious about their social media feeds in response to a spate of cases of...
US House committee urges vigilance against violence by bodyguards of Turkey’s Erdoğan
The US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on Friday sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson requesting that he take...
SCF study reveals horrible pattern of hate speech by Erdoğan, the chief hatemonger in...
The xenophobic feelings towards minorities, vulnerable groups, opposition figures and foreigners in today’s Turkey are being charged by country’s authoritarian leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkey’s Erdoğan slams Europe over ‘headscarf ban’
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday strongly criticized European countries over headscarf bans, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
“The headscarf ban is...
Turkish security forces strip naked 7 people during detention in anti-PKK operation
Seven people were stripped naked with their hands tied on their back before they were detained as part of an investigation into the outlawed...
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