Star footballer Şükür, sought on Gülen links, ignored in Netflix series about coach
Famous former Turkish footballer Hakan Şükür, who is sought by Turkey over his alleged links to a faith-based group, is not mentioned in a...
Inmate denied release despite 2 brain tumors and additional health problems
Lütfi Koç, who was arrested for alleged membership in the Gülen movement, has been denied release from prison despite developing two brain tumors and...
Turkish opposition İYİ Party’s Akşener calls for Demirtaş’s release
İYİ Party presidential candidate Meral Akşener on Tuesday called for the release from prison of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) former leader Selahattin Demirtaş, during...
Businessman jailed over Gülen links dies due to excessive heat and overcrowding in Turkish...
Fahrettin İşgüder, a 73-year-old businessman who was sentenced to over six years in prison for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died on...
As poverty in Turkey deepens, many unable to afford basic necessities, says Izmir neighborhood...
The Izmir City Poverty Network Association (IKYA) said poverty in Turkey has deepened so drastically in recent years that people are no longer able...
Using genocidal language, Erdoğan ally defines Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party as ‘poisonous vermin,’ calls for...
Using genocidal language, Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, defined Turkey’s pro-Kurdish...
Turkish pro-Erdoğan columnist: The world has a Jewish problem
In reaction to the killing of dozens of Palestinians by Israeli security forces on Monday, Yusuf Kaplan, a pro-Erdoğan columnist, said “the world has...
Kurdish-language traffic signs allegedly defaced by gov’t agency officials in eastern Turkey
Officials from Turkey’s General Directorate of Highways (KGM) have allegedly defaced Kurdish-language traffic signs in the eastern province of Batman, the Artı Gerçek news...
Erdoğan hints at anti-LGBT constitutional amendment to corner opposition
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Friday that a push by the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) to guarantee headscarf...
Roma community in Turkey hard hit by economic and social ramifications of COVID-19
The Roma community in Turkey, considered to be one of the country’s most socially marginalized and economically underprivileged communities, has been directly affected by...
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