Armed attackers target Kurdish football player Deniz Naki in Germany
Unknown assailants targeted Deniz Naki, a German footballer of Kurdish origins, who is known for his critics against Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Erdoğan again sues Turkey’s main apposition leader over alleged ‘insult’
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sued Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for allegedly “insulting the presidential office”...
Greek court suspends asylum granted to Turkish soldier
A Greek court on Monday suspended the asylum status granted to a former Turkish soldier, who is accused by the Turkish government of plotting...
Erdoğanist thug threatens to execute followers of Gülen movement: We will hang them on...
Menderes Obay, a pro-government shopkeeper in Çengelkçy district of İstanbul was revealed to have threatened the alleged followers of the Gülen movement in the...
Turkish gov’t detained 467 people over alleged links to Gülen movement in 1st week...
Turkish government has detained at least 467 people as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement...
Gülen’s 63-year-old disabled cousin put into solitary confinement by Turkish authorities
Kazım Avcı, a 63-year-old disabled cousin of US-based Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen has reportedly been put into solitary confinement in Ankara's Sincan F1...
Erdoğan targets Boğaziçi University, claims ‘engaged in activities against Turkey’
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed Boğaziçi University, one of the top universities in the country, is engaged in activities against Turkish...
Four young people subjected to Turkish police violence due to hair style
Turkish police took four young people into custody by the reason of allegedly insulting Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey’s Çankırı province...
Turkish Justice Minister Gül: Defending Erdoğan equates to defending Medina
Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül on Sunday said defending Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan against attacks is equal to defending Medina, Ottoman Sultan...
Erdoğan says Turkey may sue US over Atilla case
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey might sue the US over the case of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive of Turkey’s Halkbank...
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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