Erdoğan says Turkish military to take control of Syria’s Tal Rifaat
The Turkish military's ongoing operation in Syria will achieve its goal when Tal Rifaat in northern Aleppo is taken under control by the army,...
Mavi Marmara victim’s wife: Erdoğan’s rally not for Jerusalem but for elections
A public rally being held in İstanbul today upon a call from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to condemn the violence that erupted after...
Ultra-nationalist MHP, an ally of Islamist Erdoğan, defines Turkey’s main opposition CHP as ‘national...
Oktay Öztürk, the deputy chairperson of Turkey's ultra-nationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which has formed an alliance with the Turkey's ruling Islamist Justice and...
Erdoğanist gang leader says will hang all people linked with Gülen movement
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Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said they will hang all people linked to...
Erdoğan orders removal of ‘Turkish’ from name of ‘Turkish Medical Association’
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday ordered the removal of the word “Turkish” from the name of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB),...
70,000 students behind bars in Turkey
A total of 70,000 students who have either been convicted of a crime or are in pretrial detention are currently in Turkey’s jails, while...
Kurdish media reports that Yezidis in Afrin afraid of a genocide by Turkish military
Members of the Yezidi (Ezidi) community in the Kurdish-run enclave of Afrin of northwest Syria told the news outlet Kurdistan24 on Saturday that they are concerned...
A couple detained by Turkish police on their way to wedding ceremony over alleged...
Turkish government has increased the level of its persecution in the framework of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged followers of...
Bookstore bombing suspects released by Turkish court
The Van 1st High Criminal Court during a retrial ruled for the release of noncommissioned officers Özcan İldeniz and Ali Kaya and outlawed Kurdistan...
UN report details large-scale human rights abuses in Afrin under Turkish military control
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in a monthly report for June details large-scale human rights abuses in areas under...
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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