Presenter of Turkey’s Erdoğanist Akit TV vows to start killing civilians in İstabul’s secular...
Ahmet Keser, the presenter for “Gün Başlıyor,” broadcast on the radical Islamist Akit TV channel, which is a staunch supporter of Turkey's Islamist and...
Turkey has blocked 42 Kurdish agency new reports since 2017
Turkish courts have issued access bans on 42 news reports published by the Mezopotamya news agency (MA) since 2017, according to MA.
Turkish authorities have in...
Turkish gov’t sentences former deputy, HSYK inspector, university student in prison over alleged Gülen...
Turkish government has sentenced a former deputy of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), a former chief inspector for the Supreme Board of Judges and...
Turkey’s main opposition leader slams life sentences handed down to prominent journalists
Leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized the handing down of aggravated life sentences to three prominent journalists...
Former Turkish police chief jailed after 2013 investigation given limited water in prison
Former Turkish police chief Ömer Köse, who has been imprisoned since 2014 due to his role in December 2013 graft probes that implicated high-level...
European Court of Human Rights rejects Cizre curfew victims’ application
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has declined to consider a complaint regarding curfew incidents in Cizre in which 137 people were killed...
CHP’s Kılıçdaroğlu: Half of Turkey’s population not governed by elected leaders
The half of Turkey’s population are not governed by the elected politicians, the country's main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said...
UN launches probe into deployment of foreign fighters to Libya by Turkish government: report
UN rapporteurs sent a joint letter in June to the Turkish government seeking further information about its role in the recruitment, financing, transportation and deployment...
Kyrgyz school alumni offer $1 million reward for location of missing educator
The alumni of a prestigious network of schools in Kyrgyzstan whose president went missing on the evening of May 31 and is feared to...
Turkish singer detained over remarks regarding religious school graduates
Famous Turkish pop singer and songwriter Gülşen Bayraktar Çolakoğlu has been detained as part of an investigation launched due to her remarks that allegedly...
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