COMMENTARY — Erdoğan made Turkey’s Kurdish problem worse
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Having deliberately undermined two initiatives to address Turkey’s longstanding Kurdish problem during its 16 years of rule, the government of President Recep...
ECtHR fines Turkey 70,000 euros in two separate cases
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday fined Turkey a total of 70,000 euros in two cases that were brought to the...
Video footage shows elderly woman crushed to death by Turkish military vehicle in Diyarbakır
Recently released security camera footage shows how an 85-year-old woman was crushed to death by an armored military vehicle on a road closed to...
Lawyers for HDP’s jailed presidential candidate Demirtaş apply to Turkey’s top court for his...
Lawyers for Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), on Tuesday applied to Turkey’s Constitutional Court for his...
Turkish election board moves ballot boxes in Kurdish provinces, prompting fears of fraud
Citing “security reasons,” Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) decided on Sunday to move ballot boxes in at least 19 provinces from which the pro-Kurdish...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 59 military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained at least 59 military officers across Turkey on Tuesday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members...
Private media, like state-run TRT, minimize coverage of Turkish opposition
A recent study on news channels has revealed that not only public broadcaster TRT but also private media have allocated minimal or no airtime...
Bodies of pregnant woman and young girl found on Evros River
The bodies of a pregnant woman, around 35 years of age, and a young girl, around 10, were found in different spots on the...
Turkish President Erdoğan: George and Hans cannot defeat us
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused foreign powers of trying to “weaken” the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) after the Turkish government criticized...
Trump: American pastor standing trial in Turkey ‘a totally innocent man’
An American pastor standing trial in Turkey on allegations of aiding terrorist groups is “a totally innocent man,” US President Donald Trump said on...
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