Turkey’s Erdoğan: CHP’s Kılıçdaroğlu may never be able to go out on the street...

Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu with not being able to go out into...

28 EP members send letter to Kosovo’s Thaçi and Haradinaj over 6 abducted Turkish...

Twenty-eight members of the European Parliament sent a letter on Monday to Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi and Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on the...

CHP deputy questions Turkish university rector’s call to kill democrats

Ali Şeker, a deputy from Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has questioned a call in an article written by Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ağırakça,...

Pro-Erdoğan gang leader threatens European countries with violent protests

https://youtu.be/sood3kFnGzA Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said in a video that he can organize...

Turkish academic announces he will not vote for any woman candidate in local elections

A professor of aviation and space sciences at Turkey’s Necmettin Erbakan University has announced that he will not vote for any female candidate in...

Turkish gov’t jails 47-year-old Kurdish bus driver in Ağrı for wearing ‘Kurdistan’ T-shirt

Turkish government has arrested Mahmut Kahraman, a 47-year-old Kurdish bus driver, for wearing a T-shirt with the inscription 'Kurdistan'.  Kahraman was accused by a...

Turkish police officer, suspended over alleged Gülen links, commits suicide

İbrahim Eski, a police officer who was suspended from his duty in the framework of an investigation carried out as part of Turkish government's...

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...

Men accused of attempting to rape 6 teachers: We thought they were Gulenists

Three suspects accused of attempting to rape 6 female teachers in İzmir have told a court they “wanted to force” the teachers to leave...

Juncker: Erdoğan wants EU to halt membership talks with Turkey

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Tuesday said Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants the EU to halt membership talks with his country. Asking...

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