Heinous terror attack in Stockholm: 4 people dead as truck ploughs into pedestrians
At least four people were dead and many more injured after a terror attack that saw a hijacked lorry ploughs into pedestrians outside a...
Turkish imam in Australia mobilizes worshippers to spy on Gülen movement
Süleyman Arslan, a member of the board of the Ankara-funded Süleymaniye Mosque in the Australian city of Perth, was revealed to have incited worshipers...
Erdoğan: Europe is the center of Nazism today
Continuing to attack European Union (EU) countries during his nonstop “yes” campaign ahead of an April 16 referendum on a switch to an executive...
Erdoğan says naysayers risk afterlife as well
Waging a nonstop “yes” campaign ahead of a referendum on April 16 on the switch to an executive presidency, Turkey's political Islamist President Recep...
Police detain 8 lawyers protesting arrest of Cumhuriyet attorneys
Turkish riot police used force to disperse a group of lawyers who held a sit-in protest at the İstanbul Courthouse on Thursday in protest...
Pro-Erdoğan journalist to UK ambassador: You are all sons of *itches!
Pro-Erdoğan TV presenter Ertem Şener on Wednesday attacked Richard Moore, British ambassador to Turkey, on social media, using offensive language that included expletives.
“Boss of...
Following ‘Erdogan in the classroom’ discussion, Turkish-German row focuses on Turkish teachers
Following "Erdoğan in the classroom" discussion in the country, Turkish-German row has now more focused on the teachers sent by Turkish government to Germany...
Dutch MPs bring threats against Turkish journalist to parliament’s agenda
Two members of the Dutch House of Representatives, Democrats 66 (D66) members Jan Paternotte and Van Meenen, have submitted a written motion directed to...
VIDEO — Erdoğan says they will not give Gülen sympathizers right to live
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Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has likened the sympathizers of Gülen movement to "cancer virus" again and has reiterated that they "will continue...
Erdoğan calls on Turks in Europe to defy ‘grandchildren of Nazism’
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on Turkish voters in Europe on Monday to defy the “grandchildren of Nazism” and back a...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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