Turkey’s Erdoğan likens Israeli violence against Palestinians to Nazis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday accused Israel of "thuggery, violence and state terror," comparing the country's actions against Palestinians to Nazi persecution of...
Turkish pro-Erdoğan columnist: The world has a Jewish problem
In reaction to the killing of dozens of Palestinians by Israeli security forces on Monday, Yusuf Kaplan, a pro-Erdoğan columnist, said “the world has...
Nephew of Turkey’s intelligence service head fights against Turkish soldiers
Pro-Kurdish media outlets reported on Friday that a nephew of Hakan Fidan, the head of Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation (MİT), has been fighting against...
42,1 percent think Turkish lira depreciating due to foreign plot against Turkey
According to a recent poll, 42,1 percent of the Turkish public believes that the loss in value of the Turkish lira against the US...
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...
Turkish gov’t asks Israeli ambassador to leave the country over Gaza killings
The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Eitan Naeh as the death toll from Israeli gunfire on Palestinian protesters rose to 60 along...
Turkish court gives 36 years in total to 11 Kurdish minors in Sur case
A Turkish court has given 36 years in total to 11 Kurdish minors who had been trapped in Diyarbakır's Sur district during a curfew...
Pro-government Turkish daily insults ‘T A M A M’ Twitter protestors
The pro-government Akşam daily on Thursday insulted Turkish Twitter users who joined the T A M A M (OK in Turkish) campaign following a...
Kurdish-speaking Turkish soldier severely beaten by comrades, hospitalised
A soldier was beaten unconscious and put in a coma by two other soldiers he was serving alongside after a campaign of bullying for...
Greek and Turkish hackers trade retaliatory cyberattacks
Brazen cyberattacks are straining relations between Greece and Turkey, two nations with a considerable shared past and history of tense ties, with Greek experts...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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