Regional court’s switchboard answers with Erdoğan’s propaganda music
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A regional court in Turkey welcomes callers to its switchboard with music used by Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during election campaigns, the...
Jewish foundation says another synagogue attacked in İstanbul
The Turkish Chief Rabbinate Foundation has said that the Balat Ahrida synagogue in İstanbul was attacked on Saturday, following a similar incident two days...
Turkish police detains survivor of Suruç Massacre, places him in a cell next to...
Volkan Uyar, a survivor of the Suruç Massacre in Turkey, was detained on the second anniversary of the Islamic State in Iraq and the...
Turkey detains two released human rights defenders again
Two of the four human rights defenders who were previously detained and released in İstanbul, were detained again since Friday according to reports in Turkish media. The...
Turkish gov’t seizes 2,421 trademarks, 101 designs, 15 patents from critics
Turkish government has seized at least 2,421 trademarks, 101 designs along with 15 patents from businesses blacklisted over their alleged links to the the...
Ruling AKP’s deputy: Useless to teach math to a kid who does not know...
As part of the debate following the introduction of the concept of jihad, or holy war, in the new national school curriculum, a deputy...
Five more people detained, 1 arrested for wearing ‘hero’ T-shirts in Turkey
Two factory workers in Sakarya province, two university students in Antalya were detained and a hotel worker in Antalya was arrested after co-workers reported...
2,981 killed in two years since truce collapse between Turkey, PKK
A total of 2,981 people were killed in two years during clashes between Turkish forces and outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists since the...
Syriacs in Sweden to launch an initiative to take their seized properties in Turkey
Scandinavian Syriac Churches Union has condemned the seizures of Syriacs' properties by Turkish government and stated that they will not be silent in the face...
Turkey’s parliamentary committee recommends removal of HDP deputy’s immunity
The Justice and Constitution Joint Committee in the Turkish Parliament on Friday recommended removal of the parliamentary immunity of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)...
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