Turkish-German boxer receives death threat after critical remarks about Turkish-Islamic organization
An acclaimed Turkish boxer living in Germany received a death threat after voicing criticism of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB), one of...
Çavuşoğlu: Turkish gov’t could restart peace talks should PKK lay down arms
Turkish government expects the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down weapons, a primary condition for any revival of the previously failed peace...
Turkish President Erdoğan’s nationalist ally Bahçeli visits jailed crime gang leader Çakıcı
The Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahçeli, the ultranationalist ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Wednesday visited Alaattin Çakıcı, a crime...
Local sources say 6 abducted Gülen movement followers still in Kosovo
Six people who used to work at schools affiliated with the Gülen movement are still being held in Kosovo, according to reliable local sources.
The...
Turkey’s Erdoğan to use TL16.5 billion in discretionary funds between 2019 and 2021
At a time when the Turkish economy is experiencing a currency crisis due to a more than 40 percent loss in value of the...
Turks threaten German politician after he tweeted support for Kurdish YPG
Bodo Ramelow, the prime minister of Germany's federal state of Thuringia, which has a population of almost 2.5 million, said he has been receiving death...
Turkish nationalist group prays at İstanbul’s Hagia Sophia amid Jerusalem tension
Amid tension due to US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on Dec. 6, members of the Alperen Ocakları, an offshoot...
İstanbul Bar files complaint against Minister Soylu over his ‘break the legs’ order
The İstanbul Bar Association has filed an official complaint against Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu over his call for policemen to “break the legs”...
Two detained for threatening opponents of ‘executive presidency’ in referendum
Two young men who shared a message on a social media account early on Thursday threatening those who vote against 'executive presidency' in a...
Turkish President Erdoğan’s ultranationalist ally threatens İYİ Party’s Akşener: My final warning
Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ultranationalist ally and chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has threatened right-wing opposition İYİ Party leader...
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