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...
Turkey’s Ankara Mayor Gökçek hints ‘genocide’ for followers of Gülen movement
Melih Gökçek, the mayor of Turkey's capital city Ankara, has hinted a kind of "genocide" for alleged members of faith-based Gülen movement, in an...
VIDEO — Turkish family, last victim of Erdoğan’s long arm abroad, stranded at Kiev...
A Turkish family with children have been detained by Ukranian security officials at an International Airport in Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine for...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says Germany obsessed with journalist Deniz Yücel
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Germany has become obsessed with journalist Deniz Yücel, jailed in Turkey since Feb. 14, underlining that he...
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