Pro-gov’t columnist: Erdoğan wouldn’t hold an election he would lose
Murat Akan, a columnist for the pro-government Diriliş Postası daily, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will not allow an election to be held...
Turkish-German footballers received by German president after Erdoğan row
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday met with two German football players with Turkish roots who have been at the center of a political...
Turkish court sentences 13 lawyers to 1 to 10 years in jail
A Turkish court in Samsun province gave sentences to 13 lawyers in varying lengths of prison terms over their alleged links to the Gülen...
Turkish gov’t puts seized Zaman daily’s printing presses up for sale
Printing presses that once produced daily copies of the Zaman newspaper and its affiliates have been put up for sale by the state-run Savings Deposit...
Turkish court jails human rights activist over critical social media posts
A Turkish court has put Rozerin Zeri, a human rights activist of Armenian origin, in pretrial detention due to her social media posts deemed...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan and his cronies seize the wealth of critics in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The unlawful seizure of assets of companies worth tens of billions of dollars and the confiscation of the wealth of critics of...
Germany discusses ‘the long arm of Turkey’s Erdoğan’ in the country
A debate over a meeting between Turkish-German football players Mesut Özil and İlkay Gündoğan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is continuing in Germany.
According...
Turkey’s Erdoğan likens Israeli violence against Palestinians to Nazis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday accused Israel of "thuggery, violence and state terror," comparing the country's actions against Palestinians to Nazi persecution of...
Turkey’s ex-President Gül would be branded as ‘Gülenist,’ jailed, if he had joined opposition
Turkey's former President Abdullah Gül would have been labeled as a follower of the Gülen movement and subsequently jailed if he had joined the...
Minister says Wikipedia ban to remain as long as it shows Turkey supporting ISIL
Turkish Transportation Minister Ahmet Arslan has said a ban on online encyclopedia Wikipedia will remain in place in Turkey as long as it does...
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