Dutch gov’t says Turkish FM’s referendum campaign in Netherlands ‘undesirable’
Amid strained ties between Turkey and Germany over the cancellation of two Turkish ministers’ rallies, the Dutch government also announced on Friday that Turkish...
Erdoğanist hitman threatens journalist Ataklı: You will be finished within 5 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgUApRlziIk
Cem Küçük, a controversial columnist with the pro-government Star daily who is known for his social media attacks on government critics, also as a...
Terror prosecutor to investigate Hürriyet over controversial story
A prosecutor who investigates terror crimes will oversee an investigation into the Hürriyet daily for a story it published about the military-government relationship last...
Erdoğan: We do not recognize Venice Commission reports
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday that Turkey would not recognize reports of the Venice Commission, an advisory body of constitutional...
Minister says 1,846 staff expelled from TÜBİTAK due to alleged Gülen links
Turkey's Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Faruk Özlü announced on Friday that a total of 1,846 people have been sacked from the Scientific...
33 housewives detained in Kayseri over alleged ByLock use
Thirty-three housewives have been detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a July 15 coup attempt, the...
When the last barricade falls: Remembering unlawful takeover of Turkey’s largest daily
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHekYe-4dyQ
On March 4, 2016, exactly one year ago today , hundreds of riot police officers fired rubber bullets and gassed loyal readers of Turkey’s...
Erdoğan claims journalist Yücel German agent, PKK representative, hid in consulate
As tension with Germany has escalated over imprisonment of the German daily Die Welt’s Turkey reporter Deniz Yücel, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkish journalists charged for terror over comments on US-indicted sanction buster Zarrab
A Turkish public prosecutor who accused 29 journalists on terrorism charges cited articles and Twitter messages on US-indicted gold trader Reza Zarrab, who bribed...
Gun shootings target opposition daily Cumhuriyet
An unidentified person who drove in a taxi by the building of opposition daily Cumhuriyet in Şişli district of İstanbul shot at the wall...
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