Outlawed Hizb ut-Tahrir to hold Caliphate conference in Turkey

Hizb ut-Tahrir (the Party of Liberation), an outlawed religious organization that was banned in Turkey because of violence, plans the hold a caliphate conference...

Turkish gov’t hypocrisy exposed in the case of arrested journalist

Turkish government issued an alert on a wanted terrorist for his links to deadly Iran-backed terror group called Tevhid Selam yet the same government...

Ankara mayor Gökçek reiterates that regular citizens are armed

Mayor of Ankara Melih Gökçek wrote from his Twitter account on Thursday that regular citizens are armed and that a new coup attempt would...

Nigeria on alert over spying activities of Maarif Foundation and Diyanet imams

Spying scandal that involved Turkish imams and other Turkish state officials who were accused of profiling critics and opponents of Turkey’s president abroad has...

Erdoğan’s relative sets up group for mobilization in event of coup attempt

Orhan Uzuner, the father-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son Bilal, has established an armed group to mobilize the public in the event of...

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...

AKP official who attracted criticism with civil war remarks resigns

Justice and Development Party (AKP) Manisa provincial deputy chairman Ozan Erdem who warned of a civil war if a ‘no’ vote comes out from...

Pro-gov’t daily calls German police operations on Turkey’s spying imams ‘Merkelist terror’

The front page of pro-government Star Daily on Thursday bore a headline saying “Merkelist Terror” and criticized German police investigations into allegations of Turkish...

AKP politician: If we cannot win 50 pct, get ready for civil war

A ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) local branch representative said if the party cannot get the support of 50 percent of the people...

German police raid apartments of 4 DİTİB imams suspected of spying

German police teams on Wednesday morning raided the apartments of four Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) imams in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate who...

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