Erdoğainst Turks get Le Point ad removed from billboard in France
A group of Turks in Avignon, France, succeeded in the removal of a publicity poster for the French magazine Le Point, which in its...
US senators propose sanctions on Turkish officials for ‘hostage-taking’
US Senators James Lankford of Oklahoma and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire on Thursday released a joint statement on their decision to pursue targeted...
Turkey’s Erdoğan: Are we ready for new July 15?
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Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a speech on Saturday promised to respond western powers in similar ways when they pressure Turkey and...
Turkish police await outside İstanbul hospital to detain woman who just gave birth
A group of police officers reportedly await outside Esenyurt Eslife Hospital in order to detain a woman who gave birth late on July 3,...
Turkey’s Islamist President Erdoğan recites prayer at the Hagia Sophia
Turkey's Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recited an Islamic prayer on Saturday in the Hagia Sophia museum, a historic İstanbul landmark that has become...
Jailed journalists refuse to wear uniforms designed for coup suspects in Turkish prisons
Imprisoned journalists from Cumhuriyet and Sözcü daily told members of Turkish press organization who visited them in Silivri jailed on Thursday that they will...
Turkish court gives aggravated life sentences for 3 military officers in coup trial
A court in Turkey’s Bolu province handed down aggravated life sentences to three top military officers in the province for participating in a failed...
COMMENTARY — Turkey raising a new army against NATO
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Against the backdrop of a dangerously expansionist and aggressive mood in Turkey with nationalist euphoria and religious zealotry reaching a new peak,...
Turkish state news agency shows S-400 capacity to down US, NATO planes
Amid tension between Turkey and NATO over a Turkish decision to buy a Russian S-400 missile system, Turkey’s state-run news agency Anadolu on Wednesday...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens over alleged links to Gülen movement on Tuesday
Turkish government has detained dozens of people on Tuesday in several provinces in Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting...
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