Erdoğan says global anti-Turkey propaganda will not succeed, slams US
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed on Saturday that a global anti-Turkey propaganda based on lies would not be successful.
"Launching a worldwide war...
662 employees expelled from foreign ministry in post-coup purge: minister
Turkey has seen the expulsion of 662 personnel from its foreign ministry as part of a purge launched by the government in the aftermath...
3 transexual women attacked in one week as violence against LGBT+ community increases in...
The LGBT+ community in Turkey witnessed multiple acts of violence against its members last week with at least three transexual women suffering injuries or...
Investigation launched into İstanbul hospital ‘covering up’ minors’ pregnancies
An investigation has been launched into the Bağcılar Teaching and Research Hospital in İstanbul on grounds that staff members covered up the cases of...
COMMENTARY — Turkish charity İHH works with Turkish intelligence MİT to empower jihadists
By Abdullah Bozkurt
A new cache of confidential documents from a classified investigation in Turkey shows that controversial charity group the Foundation for Human Rights...
Turkish gov’t jailed not only journalist Karaca, but also his lawyers and the judges...
The trial of Turkish journalist Hidayet Karaca (55) has already taken its place in judicial history because not only has he been persecuted by...
To create space for post-coup detainees, Turkish gov’t transfers convicts sentenced to 10 years...
Turkey has revised its regulation to transfers the convicts with ‘lighter’ jail sentences to open prisons in order to make room for post-coup detainees.
According...
German politicians slam smartphone application used for spying on critics of Turkey’s Erdoğan
Several German politicians have expressed anger over the use of a smartphone application developed by the Turkish Security Directorate General by Turkish expatriates in...
Turkey experiences a decade of suppression of the press under Erdoğan: RSF
Turkey has experienced a decade of hostility towards the press under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with five journalists killed, 131 imprisoned, 77 convicted of...
5 arrested in connection to murder of 15-year-old Syrian in İstanbul
Turkish authorities have arrested five suspects in connection with the murder of a 15-year-old Syrian, who was shot dead by masked gunmen in İstanbul last week,...
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