Psychotherapist tries to get recognition for ‘FETÖ Syndrome’ for widespread Gülenophobia in Turkey
Çağatay Öztürk, a Turkish psychotherapist, has talked to Turkey's Sözcü daily about a spreading psychological complication in the country, which he defined as the...
Director of Turkey’s Presidential Archives calls for arming of households
Muhammet Safi, the director of Turkey’s Presidential Archives, has called for the arming of every household for the defense of Turkey, the Diken news...
Woman miscarried twins in Turkish prison, dead babies not returned to family
A news report has revealed on Thursday that the 28-year-old Turkish woman, Nurhayat Yıldız, has miscarried her twins in a prison and the dead...
ECtHR fines Turkey for violating Alevis’ freedom of faith
Turkey has been ordered to pay 54,400 euros in damages by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to the Cem Foundation for violating...
New mother detained over alleged Gülen links despite doctor’s objection in Turkey
Hatice Avan, who gave birth to a baby in the western Turkish province of Denizli on Thursday, was detained on Friday, despite her doctor’s...
Turkey’s ruling AKP member threatens main opposition CHP leader with death
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Emrullah Kavuz, a local member of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has threatened the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) leader Kemal...
Perpetrator of Paris terror attack reportedly visited Turkey last year
The perpetrator of an attack in central Paris on Monday had been to Turkey many times in 2016 and had gone to France through...
German police warn Erdoğan’s guards not to attack to protesters
Amid crisis between Turkey and US over Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s guards’ attacking protesters in Washington D.C. last month, Hamburg police have...
Turkey’s pro-LGBT NGOs to file complaint against nationalists over threat
A group of NGOs announced on Wednesday that they plan to file a criminal complaint against the head of the nationalist Alperen Ocakları’s İstanbul...
Turkish teacher who turned self in for Gülen links gets seven-and-a-half years in prison
A court in Turkey's Aydın province has sentenced a teacher to seven-and-a-half years in prison after he turned himself claiming he was a sympathizer...
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