CHP deputy questions Turkish university rector’s call to kill democrats
Ali Şeker, a deputy from Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has questioned a call in an article written by Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ağırakça,...
Pro-Erdoğan Turkish columnist Nagehan Alçı receives jail term for torture comments
A pro-government Turkish columnist said on Wednesday she had been given a 105-day prison sentence for saying that torture in a prison in the...
Seizure of Turkey’s most-watched news station a smokescreen: Halk TV boss
A government move to seize Halk TV, Turkey’s most-watched news station, was designed to divert attention from a multibillion-dollar investment fund scandal that has...
Trial for murder of 3 members of Kurdish family starts
A Turkish court has begun the trial for the murder of three members of the Kurdish Şenyaşar family, who were allegedly killed by people...
‘Complete stop’: New Turkish wall confronts fleeing Afghans
Underwear, an empty bottle and fresh footprints betray signs of migrants sneaking around a new wall along the Turkey-Iran border and stirring worries in...
International students in Turkey report racism and discrimination
International students studying at Turkish universities say they often experience racism and discrimination, the Bianet news website reported.
Students coming from countries such as Pakistan...
Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen movement continues, returning asylum seekers puts them at risk, report...
Turkey’s crackdown on alleged members of the Gülen movement is continuing despite claims by some Western governments that the persecution of the group is...
Pro-Kurdish party calls on Turkey to recognize Yazidi massacre as genocide
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has urged Turkey to recognize the mass killings of Yazidis by the Islamic State in Iraq and the...
COMMENTARY — Erdogan’s confidante who led armed Islamist group operating in Sweden via UETD
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Metin Külünk, a close confidante of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is the man who is in charge of clandestine operations in...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says Saudis must prove missing journalist left their consulate alive
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan demanded on Monday that Saudi Arabia prove that journalist Jamal Khashoggi left the Saudi Consulate General in İstanbul on...
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