Turkey’s pro-Erdoğan media targets Trump: Rabid dog, senile troll…
As tension between Ankara and Washington over American pastor Andrew Brunson continues to escalate, dailies close to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan targeted US...
Turkish pro-gov’t columnist Dilipak appears to threaten US about new 9/11
“If the internal stress in the US goes on like this, the possibility of another 9/11 is not all that remote,” Turkish columnist Abdurrahman...
Serial killer released by Turkish judiciary, which is holding 17,000 women and 700 children...
A Turkish serial killer dubbed “the Hunter” has killed another man one year after his release from prison.
Hamdi Kayapınar, 39, was arrested for the...
Exiled novelist Aslı Erdoğan: Turkey has a fascist regime like 1930s Germany
Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan, living in exile in Germany as she risks a life sentence on terror charges at home, thinks the writing is...
IFEX launches campaign encouraging people to share Erdoğan cartoon
IFEX, a global human rights network of organisations defending the right to freedom of expression and information, has launched a campaign encouraging people to share...
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...
Turkish president’s spokesman slams Newsweek for article targeting Erdoğan
İbrahim Kalın, the spokesperson for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has slammed a Newsweek article harshly criticising Erdoğan, calling it “one of the worst pieces...
Turkish court sentences 9 defendants in 2015 ISIL attack trial to life in prison
A Turkish court in Ankara on Friday handed down 101 life sentences without the chance of parole to each of nine suspects in a...
Erdoğanist Turkish lawyers seek arrest of US officers at Turkey’s İncirlik Airbase
A group of pro-Erdoğan Turkish lawyers has applied to the Adana Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for the arrest of members of the US military...
Nationalist opposition suggests Turkish gov’t seize Trump Towers in retaliation for US sanctions
Turkey's nationalist opposition İYİ Party spokesperson Aytun Çıray has said the Turkish government should retaliate against recently imposed US sanctions on two Turkish ministers and “seize...
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