Washington police release video of 8 more Erdoğan bodyguards wanted for attack

https://youtu.be/tlXWZRXKZyY The Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department released a video on Saturday of eight more “persons of interest” believed to be in Turkey's autocratic President...

COMMENTARY — NATO faces serious risks with purges in Turkey’s military

By Abdullah Bozkurt NATO allies, especially Greece, must be alarmed by recent promotions of neo-nationalists in the Turkish military with the approval of President Recep...

EU calls on Turkey to respect highest democratic standards, practices

The European Union on Friday reacted to the detention of Oğuz Güven, the Internet editor of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, calling on Turkey to...

FİDH sends letter to Pakistan authorities concerning forcible repatriation of 289 Turkish citizens

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), an international umbrella organization for human rights, has sent a letter to Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain, Pakistan Prime...

TI Turkey: 80 people in “no” camp detained in 1 month as referendum approaches

Turkish police detained at least 80 people who have endorsed a “no” campaign for an upcoming referendum in April that will switch Turkey to an executive...

Nurse dismissed by Turkish government’s arbitrary decree attempts suicide over depression

A Turkish nurse in Isparta province, who is identified as S.B., who was dismissed from her position as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown,...

Turkish Embassy in Indonesia spied on critics of Erdoğan

The Turkish diplomatic mission in Indonesia engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and collected information on the activities of critics of Turkish President...

Crackdown on Gülen movement continues with detention of 12 in run-up to elections

A crackdown on members of the Gülen movement is continuing with the detention of 12 people in the run-up to presidential and parliamentary elections...

Turkish gov’t speeds up witch hunt campaign targeting alleged Gülen followers after eid pause

Turkish government has sped up its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged followers of the Gülen movement following a brief pause during...
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Turkish gov’t detains 47 people over alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkish police have detained 47 people in an operation targeting alleged supporters of the Gülen movement in the army as part of the Turkish...

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