Pro-Erdoğan propagandist threatens Turkish president’s critics with bloodshed
Journalist Fatih Tezcan, a pro-Erdoğan propagandist and preacher of hatred, earlier this week threatened opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with murder.
“Are you...
Nearly 9 in 10 retirees in Turkey remain below hunger threshold despite pension hike
Nearly nine in 10 retirees in Turkey earn less than the country’s official hunger threshold despite a recent increase in the minimum pension, the...
39 inmates with COVID-19 held together in one ward at Silivri Prison: report
Thirty-nine prisoners with COVID-19 are being held in the same ward at Turkey’s notorious Silivri Prison, which houses some 23,000 inmates, according to the...
Kurdish press worker detained in dawn raid in Diyarbakır
Turkish authorities on Monday detained Zilan Gül, a press worker for the pro-Kurdish Yeni Yaşam daily, during a dawn raid on her home in...
Turkish gov’t targets 4,167 Turkish teachers in 160 countries over Gülen links
The Turkish government has targeted 4,167 teachers who work at 400 schools in 160 countries around the world as part of its post-coup global...
Critical Turkish journalist living in exile in Sweden brutally attacked
Ahmet Dönmez, a Turkish journalist critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) who has been living in exile in...
Another purge victim succumbs to cancer
Ömer Günerigök, a teacher who was purged from his job and prosecuted by the authorities in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown, died of skin cancer on...
Human rights group reports 118 arrests, 842 detentions during Rojava protests in Turkey
At least 842 people were detained and 118 arrested during demonstrations held across Turkey to protest Damascus’s military campaign against Kurdish-led forces in the...
Erdoğan regime’s banditry targeting Turkish teachers stirs debate in Pakistan
The abduction of Mesut Kaçmaz, the director of Pak-Turk School, and his family members in Pakistan and their illegal deportation to Turkey have led...
Fugitive convicted of aiding in murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist extradited to Turkey
A Turkish citizen who was sentenced to 12 years, six months in prison for his role in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink...
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