Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency harasses exiled journalist Vatandaş
Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) has harassed yet another Turkish journalist who has been forced to live abroad, contributing to the intensified campaign of...
Family leaves Suruç after losing 3 members in dispute with politician from Turkey’s ruling...
A family that lost three members in June in a deadly confrontation with Turkey's ruling party deputy has decided to leave their hometown in...
Erdoğanist Turkish journalist calls on youths to besiege US Embassy in Ankara
Radical Islamist Turkish journalist Adem Özköse, known as a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has called on all Turkish youths to...
German-Kurdish singer Hozan Cane, jailed in Turkey, asks Merkel for help
German-Kurdish singer Saide İnaç, currently in pretrial detention in a Turkish jail, has written a letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel asking for help in...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Maarif exports Erdoğan’s ideology to Balkans
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The Maarif Foundation, the long arm of the autocratic regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has positioned itself to raise a new...
Turkish-German boxer receives death threat after critical remarks about Turkish-Islamic organization
An acclaimed Turkish boxer living in Germany received a death threat after voicing criticism of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB), one of...
Erdoğan’s stooge manipulates hadith for ‘yes’ vote in referendum
Şevki Yılmaz, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s stooge, radical Islamist pro-Erdogan Akit daily columnist and Turkish Parliament’s former member, has manipulated a hadith of Prophet...
Turkish gov’t hosts group of Pakistani journalists amid Kaçmaz scandal
As questions persist about the abduction of former Pak-Turk school director in Pakistan Mesut Kaçmaz and his family in Lahore last month, Turkey is...
Afghanistan’s intelligence agency releases four abducted teachers of Turkish schools, report
Afghanistan's intelligence agency has released Turkish teachers Önder Akkuşci, Yunus Demirci, Yılmaz Aytan and an Afghan based teacher Masso0d Wardak who are working for...
Turkey tries to snatch Gülen supporters in Gabon
Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm has reached to West African nation Gabon where four Turkish nationals who work at Hizmet-linked school...
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