Pro-Erdoğan journalist suggests killing family members of jailed Gülen followers in Turkey
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Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, suggested during a live TV program on Monday that Turkish intelligence...
US House committee urges vigilance against violence by bodyguards of Turkey’s Erdoğan
The US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on Friday sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson requesting that he take...
CHP deputy Tanrıkulu says he is receiving death threats after remarks on armed drone...
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has said he is receiving death threats following his remarks on the use of...
Two British citizens charged in Turkey over their alleged PYD ties
Two British citizens have been sued for allegedly making terror propaganda from their social media accounts while they have been in Turkey. Turkish media...
Erdoğan advisor likens Turkey purge to Aborigine, Native American, Armenian cases
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Foreign Policy: Reason for EU-Turkey row is Erdoğan’s imams spying on Gülen followers
US-based news magazine Foreign Policy claimed in a Monday report that the latest row between Turkey and the European Union over the cancellation of...
Turkish teacher Gökhan Açıkkolu, tortured to death in police custody, would be acquitted if...
Forty-two-year-old Turkish teacher Gökhan Açıkkollu, who was tortured to death under police custody in the wake of a controversial military coup attempt on July 15, 2016...
Malaysia complains to Turkey for deporting suspected militants without warning
Malaysia has protested Turkey’s deportation of several suspected Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants to Malaysia without warning, Reuters reported on...
Turkey’s Erdoğan slams former President Gül over his criticisms against gov’t decree for impunity
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday lambasted former President Abdullah Gül for his call on the government to revise a new state...
594 young children growing up in Turkish prisons
Five hundred ninety-four children under the age of 6 are being kept with their mothers in Turkish prisons, Turkey’s Ministry of Justice said, the...
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