COMMENTARY — Turkey’s new government spells more troubles for all
By Abdullah Bozkurt
An Orwellian nightmare is unfolding in Turkey, where life for Turks and foreigners has gotten much worse in the post-election period during...
Pro-Kurdish DBP Municipal Council member found dead in car
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Pro-Erdoğan troll calls on Turkey’s government to execute Gülen followers
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Armenian MP Paylan: I will never give up my fight for Turkey’s democratization
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17 detained as Turkish police intervene in Women’s Day celebrations in Ankara, Tekirdağ
Turkish police teams on Sunday detained 17 people involved in International Women’s Day celebrations in Ankara and Tekirdağ provinces.
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Daughter’s grief highlights plight of ailing Gülen-linked prisoners in Turkey
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Remains of PKK militant mailed to family in a box
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Turkish court rules for continued imprisonment of Kurdish politician Demirtaş
The Ankara 19th High Criminal Court on Tuesday ruled for a continuation of the imprisonment of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been in...
US senators urge Trump to demand Turkey’s Erdoğan respect human rights
A group of US senators led by John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Bob Menendez, a member of the Senate...
Fired for alleged links to PKK, denied reinstatement for ties to Gülen movement,...
The story of Hasan Kaya, a former bureaucrat who was fired from his job over alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...
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