Turkish gov’t censors official website of Turkey’s main opposition CHP
The Turkish government has extended its widespread and systematic censorship to the official website of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP).
According to a...
US reducing presence at Turkish airbase amid tensions with Ankara
The US military has sharply reduced combat operations at Turkey’s İncirlik Air Base and is considering permanent cutbacks there, according to a report by...
Washington Post: Erdoğan is transforming Turkey into a totalitarian prison
The tweet has been turned into a crime, and a troubled democracy is being turned into a dictatorship in Turkey under autocratic President Recep...
Turkish police launch legal proceedings for 290 people over social media posts
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced in a written statement on Monday that Turkish police have launched legal proceedings against 290 people over social media...
Turkish gov’t detains 740 people in one week over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 740 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to the faith-based...
Turks threaten German politician after he tweeted support for Kurdish YPG
Bodo Ramelow, the prime minister of Germany's federal state of Thuringia, which has a population of almost 2.5 million, said he has been receiving death...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Erdoğan mobilizing China’s Muslims for jihadist campaign
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey’s ill-advised war in Syria’s Afrin enclave has further exposed how the Islamist regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his nationalist...
Turkish gov’t has detained a third of pro-Kurdish HDP members over last 3 years
The Turkish government led by autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has detained about a third of all pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) members since...
Turkey’s Islamist Erdoğan salutes crowd with nationalist grey wolf sign
Autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday used a nationalist hand sign during a speech at a party meeting in Mersin province, Hürriyet...
Fear grows among civilians as Turkish troops, FSA approach to within 2 miles of...
Concerns are rising over the safety of civilians in Afrin’s main city as Turkish forces and Free Syrian Army (FSA) militia close in, United Arab...
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