Five protesters asking for reinstatement to job in Turkey punished by court with house...
Five protesters who are demanding reinstatement to their jobs by protesting on a street in Ankara have been sentenced to house arrest in Turkey,...
Turkey’s Diyanet dismisses imam for giving rock concerts
Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) on Friday dismissed an imam who started a rock band and gave concerts in the country and abroad,...
Family leaves Suruç after losing 3 members in dispute with politician from Turkey’s ruling...
A family that lost three members in June in a deadly confrontation with Turkey's ruling party deputy has decided to leave their hometown in...
Turkey agrees on intelligence sharing with Iran during military chief’s visit to Ankara
Turkey and Iran agreed on intelligence sharing and cooperation in the fight against terror during a visit by Iranian Chief of General Staff Maj....
Turkish gov’t denies funeral service to teacher who sought asylum in Greece
The Turkish government has denied a funeral service to Halil Dinç, a veteran teacher who died of a heart attack in Greece, where he...
Erdoğan’s henchman says the US involved into Turkish coup attempt on July 15
Aydın Ünal, the deputy of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the former speech writer of Turkey's autocratic President and AKP Chairman Recep...
Third suspicious disappearance: Teacher dismissed in post-coup crackdown not seen for 14 days
Cengiz Usta, a 44-year-old teacher who was dismissed from his post as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup purge of state-institutions, has been missing since...
Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu visits Erdoğanist thugs in US prison
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Erdoğanist thugs Eyüp Yıldırım and Sinan Narin who were arrested by an American court for their role in...
Cartoonist Trivedi portrays 13 people disappeared in Turkey since July 15 coup attempt
Aseem Trivedi, a political cartoonist and free speech activist, has called people all around the world to raise their voices for the disappeared people...
Turkey’s Afrin operation increases attacks on Turkish communities in Germany
The Turkish military offensive in the Kurdish-populated Afrin province of northwestern Syria has increased attacks on Turkish communities in Germany, Deutsche Welle (DW) reported.
According...
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