Erdoğan: Turkey no longer needs European Union
Turkey no longer needs the European Union, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday, the T24 news website reported.
Speaking at the opening...
Turkish opposition leader’s lawyer: Prosecutor asked me why I cancelled my cable subscription
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s lawyer, Celal Çelik, who was released on Friday after 14 days of detention over...
Erdoğanist Turks target inter-cultural dialogue activities of Gülen followers in Germany
A group of pro-Erdoğan Turkish Islamists came together in the city of Duisburg, Germany and protested the schools operated and inter-cultural dialogue activities which...
Turkish prisoners forced to wear orange uniforms during visits, says lawyer
Two inmates in Ankara’s Sincan prison have been forced to wear orange T-shirts along with loose trousers during meetings with their lawyer, according to...
Turkish gov’t jails ‘Doctor of the Year’ as ‘terrorist’ over alleged Gülen links
Turkish government has jailed Assoc. Professor Dr. Mustafa Emmiler, who was rewarded as 'Doctor of the Year' by the Governor of Antalya province and who...
Buried alive: Veteran Turkish editor İbrahim Karayeğen spent over 6 months in solitary confinement
A night-shift editor at Zaman newspaper, one-time Turkey’s largest circulated newspaper before the government unlawful takeover and closure in 2016, has been subjected to...
Spain halts extradition of Turkish-Swedish writer Hamza Yalçın
The Spanish government on Friday decided not to extradite Hamza Yalçın, a Turkish-Swedish reporter and writer who was taken into custody in Barcelona over...
Down Syndrome child accompanies mother in prison as parents jailed over Gülen links
A 22-month-old child who suffers from Down Syndrome is living in jail along with his mother after both his mother and father were imprisoned...
Former governor Kürklü detained by Turkish gov’t over alleged links to Gülen movement
Former Burdur Governor Hasan Kürklü, who was suspended from his duty in the aftermath of a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016, was...
Suspect caught in murder of Syrian activist and journalist daughter in Turkey
A suspect in the murder of Syrian opposition activist Orouba Barakat and her 22-year-old journalist daughter Halla Barakat in İstanbul was caught on Saturday...
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