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...
[VIDEO] Angry about gov’t pressure on dissent, US-based theologian asks ‘Do you consider Erdoğan...
Sacit Arvasi, a US-based Turkish theologian whose religious speeches are widely popular among his Facebook followers, blasted pro-government circles for falsifying people about religion...
COMMENTARY — Did Erdoğan dispatch warships to Myanmar?
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey’s Islamist rulers have not only spread fabricated news and planted false stories in the Turkish media, which is now pretty much...
Imams joins ‘yes’ campaign for referendum to increase Erdoğan’s power
A dozen imams who recorded a video in their official garb in İstanbul called on their fellow imams to vote “yes” in an April...
İstanbul imam accuses potential naysayers in referendum of treason
An imam in İstanbul’s Ümraniye district has accused the people who will vote against a constitutional reform package that seeks to introduce an executive...
Turkish military to enlist 30,000 new personnel after purge
Amid criticism that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is pushing the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) away from NATO, Defense Minister Fikri Işık...
Gov’t turns Turkey’s leading science college into religious school, mosque
Yamanlar College, a private school established by educators affiliated with the Gülen movement in the western province of İzmir, has been turned into a...
Two Detained For Threatening Opponents Of ‘Executive Presidency’ Released
Two young men, who were detained on Thursday for sharing a message on a social media account threatening those who will vote against ‘executive...
Two detained for threatening opponents of ‘executive presidency’ in referendum
Two young men who shared a message on a social media account early on Thursday threatening those who vote against 'executive presidency' in a...
Erdoğan’s spiritual guide approved torture and abuse in Turkey
Turkish president’s chief religious counsel has given his approval to overlook torture and other crimes committed by members of security services, saying that Turkey...
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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