Turkish journalist who protested Erdoğan faces deportation from Germany
Turkish journalist Adil Yiğit, who protested during a press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel last month, has been told...
The incredible story of 2 Turkish families who fled persecution via the Evros River...
By Mahir Korulu - Athens
“We were in a beat-up dingy as we crossed the Evros River at night. When I suddenly realized after 20...
Turkey’s main opposition leader sells home to pay record fine for allegedly defaming Erdoğan
The leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, sold one of his houses in order to pay accumulated fines for...
Turkey’s ruling AKP rules out revival of peace negotiations with PKK
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesperson Ömer Çelik on Saturday said people who want to revive peace negotiations between the Turkish government...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Maarif exports Erdoğan’s ideology to Balkans
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The Maarif Foundation, the long arm of the autocratic regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has positioned itself to raise a new...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 26 people over alleged use of ByLock
The Turkish government detained seven people on Saturday during raids on 26 locations in 10 provinces across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup...
Weakened Turkish lira hits pharmacies, drug supplies in Turkey
Patients are finding it increasingly difficult to acquire drugs in the marketplace due to a currency crisis in Turkey, Nurten Saydan, the head of...
Turkish university stops printing textbooks amid paper crisis in country
A Turkish university has announced that it will not to be printing textbooks for the 2018-2019 academic year amid an ongoing paper crisis triggered...
Germany takes Gülen movement off watchlist, conducting counterespionage against Turkish gov’t
German police have removed the Gülen movement from its "dangerous" and "to be followed" watchlist, Turkey's neo-nationalist Sözcü newspaper reported, citing a domestic security report...
Slain Saudi journalist Khashoggi’s Turkish fiancée: He thought Turkey was a safe country
Jamal Khashoggi’s Turkish fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, said in an interview broadcast live on Habertürk on Thursday that the slain Saudi journalist was experiencing “great...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...