COMMENTARY — NATO simulation in Norway reveals Turkey’s Trojan horse
By Abdullah Bozkurt
A Russian-Iranian proxy group led by neo-nationalist leader Doğu Perinçek, a close ally of Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been...
Former beauty queen detained for allegedly insulting the Turkish president
Turkish authorities detained former beauty queen Banu Öztürk on Tuesday on allegations of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, the Cumhuriyet daily...
BfV: MİT is after Turkish dissidents in Germany
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) is collecting intelligence on Turkish dissidents and the outlawed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Germany, according to the...
HDP demands parliamentary debate on situation of sick prisoners
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has asked the Turkish parliament to debate the situation of sick inmates in the country’s prisons, the Bianet...
2 former MİT officials trying to flee persecution in Turkey detained at Greek border
Turkish security forces on Monday detained two former officials from Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) who were dismissed from their jobs by government decree under...
Life sentences sought for 7 people, including journalist Hidayet Karaca, over Gülen links
An Ankara prosecutor on Wednesday sought life sentences for 7 people, including jailed journalist Hidayet Karaca, the former chairman of now-closed Samanyolu Broadcasting Group...
Dozens of migrants rescued at Turkey border: Greek police
Greek police on Wednesday said 39 migrants, including several minors, had been rescued from an islet in Evros river bordering Turkey, Agence France-Presse reported.
The...
Assaults on journalists in Turkey are far too common, authorities should take such cases...
Assaults on journalists in Turkey are far too common and will only cease when authorities show that they take such cases seriously, the Committee...
Amnesty International to send observers to Saturday Mothers’ sit-in on Sept. 1
Amnesty International (AI) stated on Thursday that it would send observers on September 1 to a sit-in organized by the Saturday Mothers, whose meetings...
Turkish journalist detained after reporting alleged assault of nationalist party official
A Turkish journalist was detained Wednesday after publishing a report alleging that a local official from the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) was assaulted...
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