70-year-old suffering from leukemia dies days after his release from prison

Mehmet Ali Çelebi, 70, passed away on Saturday, just days after he was released from prison due to his deteriorating health, Turkish media reported. Çelebi...

Turkey’s media watchdog gives int’l news websites 72 hours to get licenses

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has given international news agencies operating in the country a 72-hour deadline to apply for...

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...

Covert deal hints Sweden traded release of Swedish reporter for crackdown on exiled Turkish...

Sweden may have quietly agreed to disrupt the activities of Turkish journalists living in exile within its borders in exchange for the release of...

Turkey’s top court finds prisoner uniforms unconstitutional

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has abolished a regulation requiring a designated group of inmates to wear a uniform on the grounds that it failed to...

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 government puts up for sale the company it seized in post-coup crackdown

Turkey’s Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has launched an auction to sell out some properties belonging to İzmir-based Kavuklar Group, the conglomerate seized as part...

İstanbul mayor faces probe for ‘disrespecting’ Mehmed the Conqueror

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu over allegations that he disrespected Mehmed the Conqueror by clasping his hands behind...

Controversial July 15 coup attempt and ‘Jihad’ to be taught as a lesson in...

Turkey’s Education Minister İsmet Yilmaz has announced that the controversial July 15, 2016 coup attempt is going to be part of the new curriculum...

Turkish gov’t removes Kurdish mayor from office 2 months after his election

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has removed Mehmet Sıddık Akış, the co-mayor of Hakkari from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), and replaced...
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