Turkish courts sentence more than 55 people to jail terms over alleged links to...
Turkish courts across the country have sentenced a total of 57 people to prison, ranging from one year to twelve years on Friday over...
Erdoğan’s Islamist Maarif Foundation pushes further to replace Gülen science schools in Africa
A Turkish state-run educational foundation has signed memorandums of understanding with 26 countries in Africa to take control of schools belonging to people from...
Turkish government calls on US to pullback troops from Manbij in Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Saturday called on the United States to withdraw military personnel from the Kurdish-held town of Manbij in northern...
OSCE’s Désir calls on Turkish gov’t to release journalists
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir called on Turkish authorities to drop terrorism charges...
Turkish woman detained for insulting Erdoğan in overheard conversation on bus
An Ankara woman identified only as M.A. was detained after being reported to police for allegedly insulting Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during...
Turkish Embassy turns out to be source of threats sent to journalists in Belgium
“Erdoğan’s Long Arm” was caught red handed in Belgium. The Belgian Police detected that the IP address, where threat messages were sent to Turkish...
Turkey’s Erdoğan slams US, says Manbij next target
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday reacted to calls from the US to wrap up an operation in the Afrin region of...
Turkish purge victims Gülmen and Özakça end hunger strike, vow to take fight to...
Educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça ended their 324-day-long hunger strike after the State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission rejected their requests to return...
ECtHR’s annual report shows Turkey 2nd top violator of human rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkish government has violated human rights in 2,988 cases and become second among the...
US stands behind White House statement on Erdoğan-Trump phone call
Despite denials from Ankara, the US State Department on Thursday stood behind a readout released by the White House on Wednesday of a phone...
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