McCain: Violent response of Erdoğan’s security detail reflective of his treatment of dissents in...
US Senator John McCain and Senator Dianne Feinstein have released a written statement and urged Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to hold accountable the members...
US senator McCain calls for removal of Turkey’s US ambassador Serdar Kılıç
Arizona Senator John McCain, one of the leading foreign policy voices in US Congress, urged the expulsion of Turkey's Washington ambassador Serdar Kılıç after...
COMMENTARY — Did Turkey’s intel have anything to do with a bomb attack on...
By Abdullah Bozkurt & Ahmet Dönmez
A suicide bombing attack aboard a civilian passenger jet in Mogadishu on Feb 2, 2016 that forced the plane...
Turkish police confiscate Islamic books, Bible as terror evidence
A number Islamic books by Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, a Bible and some other religious publications including the one on Jesus Christ have been...
Reactions mount to assault of Erdoğan protestors by Turkish security
Turkish security officials were part of an assault on demonstrators protesting outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence on Tuesday according to two law enforcement sources,...
DC Police to pursue charges for violence involving Erdoğan’s bodyguards
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The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C., has issued a statement on a physical altercation that took place outside the Turkish Embassy on Tuesday...
Bodyguards, fanatics of Turkey’s Erdoğan attack protesters in Washington
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Nine people were hurt and two were detained during an altercation in front of Turkey's Ambassador to US, Serdar Kılıç’s residence in Washington DC on...
US President Trump asks Turkey’s Erdoğan to release jailed American pastor Brunson
The White House has announced that US President Donald Trump has asked visiting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to release Andrew Craig Brunson, an...
Suspected ISIL member confesses his membership to Turkey’s ruling AKP
Ahmet Berk, a terror suspect who is allegedly linked to Diyarbakır, Suruç and Ankara terror attacks which were realized by terror organization the Islamic State...
SDF’s seizure of Tabqa reveals ISIL and al-Qaeda books published freely in Turkey
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have revealed following their capture of Syrian town of Tabqa that the ideological indoctrination material for The Islamic State of Iraq...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...