COMMENTARY — Turkish probe revealed Erdoğan sent arms to jihadists in Syria
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The cover-up in the transfer of heavy arms to terror organizations in Syria by the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was...
Turkey’s captured MİT officials says killings of 3 Kurdish women in Paris approved by...
Two top Turkish intelligence officials who were captured by the PKK have reportedly revealed that the killings of three Kurdish women in Paris planned by...
NBA star Kanter gets weekly death threats due to criticism of Turkey’s Erdoğan
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27-years-old mother with 11-months-old son found in Ankara’s Sincan prison
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Ümit Horzum becomes latest victim of abductions targeting alleged members of Gülen movement in...
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Erdoğan advisor likens Turkey purge to Aborigine, Native American, Armenian cases
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief advisor, Mehmet Uçum, has said the Turkish state can apologize to the victims of a post-coup era...
Turkish gov’t detains T24 columnist Baysal and more journalists over critical social media posts...
Journalist and writer Nurcan Baysal, who is a clolumnist for online news portal T24, was detained by Turkish police after midnight over her critical...
Turkish Parliament speaker threatens HDP deputy with expulsion over phrase ‘Kurdish provinces’
Political Islamist İsmail Kahraman, the speaker of the Turkish Parliament, took strong offense at the use of the phrase "Kurdish provinces" by Metal Danış...
Çiçek Otlu, chairperson of socialist party ESP, arrested by Turkish court
Çiçek Otlu, the Chairperson of Socialist Party of Oppressed (ESP) in Turkey was arrested by a Tunceli (Dersim) court on Tuesday. Otlu, who has...
US senators apply to attend trial in Turkey of jailed pastor Brunson
A number of US senators have applied to Turkey’s Justice Ministry to attend the first hearing next week in the trial of Andrew Brunson,...
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