COMMENTARY — Dutch, German intelligence agencies uncover Turkish kidnapping, murder plots
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The secret intelligence cabal directly controlled by the head of Turkey’s notorious National Intelligence Organization (MİT) under direct orders from the Turkish...
Turkey’s Erdoğan promises to honour a little girl with the flag, if martyred
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Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has promised on Saturday to honour a young girl with the Turkish flag if martyred, during a speech...
Turkey detains 18 lawyers defending jailed hunger striker educators
A total of 18 lawyers for jailed hunger striker teachers Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça have been detained just days before the teachers’ trial...
A new report uncovers a murder of detained teacher in Turkey due to torture
Deaths in detentions and prisons due to torture, abuse and ill-treatment have become recurring theme in Turkey with close to 100 cases reported as...
Human rights situation in parts of Syria under Turkish control is grim: UN rights...
The human rights situation in parts of northern Syria under the control of Turkish forces and Turkish-affiliated armed groups is “grim, with violence and...
HDP deputy chains himself to protest Turkey’s destructions in ancient Hasankeyf town
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Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Batman deputy Mehmet Ali Aslan launched protest on Thursday by chaining himself against destructions in ancient Hasankeyf town in...
Erdoğan says allies gone crazy over Turkey’s S-400 deal with Russia
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized Turkey’s NATO allies for reacting negatively to Turkey’s decision to purchase an S-400 missile system from...
Cartoonist Trivedi portrays 13 people disappeared in Turkey since July 15 coup attempt
Aseem Trivedi, a political cartoonist and free speech activist, has called people all around the world to raise their voices for the disappeared people...
Ötüken Union Party, an openly racist/fascist political party, founded in Turkey
The Ötüken Union Party, Turkey’s first openly racist and fascist political party, was established on Dec. 20, 2017, according to a report by online...
Lawyers: Assassination accusations in Turkey’s Erdoğanist media aim to slander Gülen movement
The lawyers of US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen said on Saturday that news reports in the pro-government media accusing Gülen movement followers of...
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