Turkish mayor built martyrs’ cemetery ‘just in case’ someone from town martyred
A Turkish mayor ordered the establishment of a martyrs’ cemetery in a town in northern Gümüşhane province in the event some youths from the...
Number of Turkish nationals granted protection status in Europe up by 300 pct
The number of Turkish nationals granted protection status by European Union countries increased by 300 percent between 2016 and 2017, proving that European asylum...
Freedom House reports Turkey fails in Internet freedom over past year
Turkey's restrictive Internet policy and digital surveillance continued to grow last year, with Turkey scoring 66 out of 100 on Internet freedom, according to...
Turkish court rules for continuation of journalist Ece Sevim Öztürk’s pretrial imprisonment
A Turkish court ruled for the continuation of the pretrial detention of Ece Sevim Öztürk, an investigative journalist who has been behind bars since...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 119 people, mostly police officers, over alleged Gülen...
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Turkish rector who said obedience to Erdoğan an ‘Islamic obligation’ resigns
Ramazan Taşaltın, a university rector in the southeastern Turkish province of Şanlıurfa, has resigned following reactions to remarks he made suggesting that "obeying Turkish...
Amnesty, HRW urge Turkish gov’t to free civil society leader Osman Kavala
As civil society leader Osman Kavala marks one year in Turkey’s highest security prison, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch renewed their call for...
Turkish court says Pastor Brunson aided several terrorist organizations
A Turkish court that handed down a prison sentence of three years, one-and-a-half months to an American pastor Andrew Brunson has said in its...
Turkish vice president says gov’t took over 1,004 companies across 42 provinces
Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay has said the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) had appointed trustees to 1,004 companies across 42 provinces as...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s diaspora agency is building Erdoğan’s proxies abroad
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The recent appointment to the leadership of Turkey’s diaspora agency confirms the long-held view that the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
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