Turkish police beat Reyhanlı attack victims, saying ‘Sorry, we thought you were Demirtaş supporters’
Ankara police beat family members of victims of a 2013 terrorist attack in Reyhanlı after a hearing on Friday and then apologized to them,...
Turkish pro-gov’t columnist: Killing Gülen supporters a religious obligation
Hüseyin Adalan, a columnist for the pro-government Milat and Yenisöz newspapers, has tweeted that killing people affiliated with Turkey’s Gülen movement is a “religious...
Pro-gov’t TV commentator: Turkish pop star’s song signals coup attempt in fall
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Ömür Varol, a commentator for the pro-gov’t Beyaz TV, argued on Friday that due to its lyrics and name, Turkey’s iconic pop singer Sezen Aksu’s...
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...
Erdoğan says, detained human rights defenders gathered to plan follow up coup
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Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused a group of recently detained human rights defenders of plotting a follow up to July 15,...
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...
Turkey detains 9 human rights advocates including AI director
Police detained nine human rights advocates including Amnesty International Turkey Director İdil Eser at a hotel on Büyükada, one of İstanbul’s nine islands in...
CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu: Pro-gov’t ultranationalists will attack ‘March for Justice’
Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has warned that pro-government ultranationalists could attack a “March for Justice” he launched on June 15 to...
Turkey sends note of protest to Germany over anti-Erdoğan installation
Turkey sent a diplomatic note to Germany on Tuesday protesting an installation by artist Philipp Ruch depicting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan along...
BfV: MİT is after Turkish dissidents in Germany
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) is collecting intelligence on Turkish dissidents and the outlawed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Germany, according to the...
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