Turkish prosecutor seeks 15 years in prison for jailed journalist Böken over alleged Gülen...
A prosecutor has demanded 15 years in prison for prominent Turkish journalist and veteran TV host Ahmet Böken, who was also former deputy director...
MİT officials, captured by PKK, talk on Erdoğan government’s ties with ISIL
Erhan Pekçetin and Aydın Günel, two high ranking Turkish National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) officials, who were captured by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)...
Turkish government implies military operations in Syria longstanding
Turkish government under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has implied on Tuesday that the Turkish military's operations in Syria are going...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 16 military personnel and more over alleged links...
The Ordu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 16 military personnel of various ranks as part of a witch-hunt targeting...
CHP deputy: Reyhanlı rockets fired from inside Turkish territory
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Mevlüt Dudu on Tuesday said rockets that killed one and injured 46 in the Reyhanlı district...
Turkish radio show host calls on police to kill Afrin operation critics
Kral FM radio host Ali Şentürk, known as “Afrikalı Ali,” called on security forces to kill anybody who criticizes Turkey’s operation in the Kurdish-controlled...
Three Turkish soldiers killed in four days of Afrin operation in Syria
Turkey has lost three soldiers in the four days of Operation Olive Branch in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin region of Syria. According to media reports, Lt....
Erdoğan invokes pan-Turkic ‘Kızıl Elma’ myth as Turkish military aims at Afrin
Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday invoked a militaristic Turkish myth that symbolizes world domination and unification of all Turkic peoples as...
DW: NATO allies clash as Turkey attacks US-backed Kurds in Syria
Germany's Deutsche Welle (DW) wrote on Tuesday that Turkish military offensive against US-allied militias in the Afrin region of northern Syria is putting NATO...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 91 more over alleged propaganda on social media against...
Turkish government has detained at least 91 more people across Turkey on Tuesday over their alleged propaganda and criticism against the ongoing military operation together...
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