Preliminary autopsy of DBP official in Turkey’s Suruç shows 7 knife wounds to vital...
The cause of death of Esvet Şenyaşar, an official of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) who was murdered last week in a hospital...
Erdoğanist mob attacks opponents at Turkey’s Brussels consulate as they vote for referendum
Pro-Erdoğan mob has attacked the pro-Kurdish opponents of Turkish government on their way to Turkish Consulate in Brussels to cast their votes for Turkey's...
Jailed main Turkish opposition deputy Berberoğlu: I have been isolated for a year
Elis Berberoğlu, a jailed deputy from Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), complained of isolation in prison to Pınar Türenç, head of the...
Turkish gov’t realises almost 15,000 official contacts across world to defame Gülen movement
Turkish government led by Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has realised almost 15,000 official contacts with its international interlucutors to defame the members and...
Turkey’s Justice Minister says prime coup suspect might have been executed
Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said Adil Öksüz, one of the prime suspects in a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15,...
Former Turkish director of Pak-Turk school, his family kidnapped from Lahore
Former director of Pak-Turk School, Mesut Kaçmaz, a Turkish national, has reportedly been kidnapped along with his family in the early hours of Wednesday...
Turkish gov’t instructs prosecutors to ban lawyers under investigation from defending suspects
The Turkish Ministry of Justice has instructed high criminal court prosecutors to ban lawyers under investigation from defending suspects and convicts accused of terror...
Turkish military operation footage screened in stadium before Amedspor match
Footage of a Turkish military operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was projected on the scoreboard of a stadium on Saturday, just...
Two British citizens charged in Turkey over their alleged PYD ties
Two British citizens have been sued for allegedly making terror propaganda from their social media accounts while they have been in Turkey. Turkish media...
VIDEO — Turkey’s female police officers vow vengeance: May revenge be everlasting!
A group of police officers was revealed to have taken an oath of vengeance that resembles an infamous march by the Grey Wolves, an...
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