Erdoğan’s bodyguards to be charged in attacks at Turkish ambassador’s DC residence
Criminal charges will be announced against 12 members of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail, accused by authorities of attacking protesters outside...
Kurdish workers attacked in Turkey Ankara province by nationalist mob
Eight construction workers from Bingöl, a Kurdish majority city, were reportedly attacked by what appeared to be a nationalist mob late on Monday at...
In a letter, a jailed woman reveals abuse and ill-treatment in Turkish prison
A letter by a jailed Turkish woman who wrote to her aunt from Konya prison revealed the ill-treatment of detainees who were subjected to...
HRF urges UN to oppose torture on 18 Gülen followers imprisoned in Turkmenistan
In an open letter issued on Tuesday, the New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has called on United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to...
Ankara mayor Gökçek claims foreign powers behind quake in Aegean Sea
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the Aegean Sea on Monday hit Turkey’s western region, with shock waves felt in İstanbul and in neighboring provinces. Following...
Man who killed 5 relatives in Turkey’s Konya province claims they were American spies
Atılgan Kömür (29), who early Monday morning killed five of his relatives in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, has said they deserved to...
Pro-gov’t columnist suggests setting Turkey’s Silivri Prison ablaze to kill inmates from Gülen movement
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Fatih Tezcan, a pro-government public speaker and columnist, said in a video message posted on social media on Friday that people should gather in...
Turkey’s President Erdoğan, PM Yıldırım vow to annihilate followers of Gülen movement
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Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım have vowed on Wednesday evening to annihilate every each member of the Gülen movement...
US Congress unanimously condemns Turkey over Erdoğan bodyguard attack
The House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution condemning Turkey over the beating of protesters by bodyguards of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Mass torture in Turkey under the spell of nationalism and religious zealotry
The torture, ill-treatment, abusive, inhuman and degrading treatment of people who are deprived of their liberties in Turkey’s detention centers and prisons have become...
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