Gülen-inspired JWF reiterates its call for int’l community to establish a committee to investigate...

The Journalist and Writers Foundation (JWF), affiliated with the Gülen movement, that has been widely and systematically persecuted by Turkish government, has called inter-governmental organisations...

Erdoğan advisor likens Turkey purge to Aborigine, Native American, Armenian cases

Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief advisor, Mehmet Uçum, has said the Turkish state can apologize to the victims of a post-coup era...

HRCP calls for immediate release of abducted Turkish family in Pakistan

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for the immediate release of former Director of Pak-Turk school Mesut Kaçmaz’s and his family...

Turkish court gives 21-month sentence to a 13-year-old for insulting Erdoğan

A.Ş., 13, was handed down a 21-month suspended sentence for allegedly insulting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, the Artı Gerçek...

Turkish prosecutor issues detention warrant for pro-Kurdish HDP Co-chairperson Kemalbay

Turkish prosecutors on Friday issued a detention warrant for Serpil Kemalbay, co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP), just two days before a...

ISIL leader al-Baghdadi says in new audio Brunson incident shows US weakness

The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who apparently resurfaced on Wednesday, said in a purported...

Erdoğan supporters discuss on Clubhouse how to exterminate political prisoners, suggest putting poison in...

Audio records of a chatroom on social media app Clubhouse reveal a conversation among supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on how to...

Turkish PM vows emergency rule will continue till Gülen movement wiped out

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said in Ankara on Thursday that the state of emergency which was declared following a failed coup attempt in...

Erdoğan says Turkey will not take a step back from Afrin operation, hints Turkish...

Turkey will "not take a step back" from its operation into Afrin and has an agreement with Russia regarding its military offensive against the...

Journalists arrested over anti-refugee messages released pending trial

An Ankara court has released 10 people pending trial, including four journalists, who were arrested last year due to social media posts allegedly targeting...

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