Turkish gov’t bans commemorative events ahead of Maraş massacre anniversary

The governor of Kahramanmaraş has banned all public events, gatherings and commemorative events days before the 39th anniversary of the Maraş massacre. All meetings, demonstrations, marches, rallies,...

Local sources say 6 abducted Gülen movement followers still in Kosovo

Six people who used to work at schools affiliated with the Gülen movement are still being held in Kosovo, according to reliable local sources. The...

Turkish PM Yıldırım takes anti-Gülen witch-hunt to the US

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has called on Muslims in the US to distance themselves from people linked to the Gülen movement, inspired by...

Companies to be banned from public tenders in Turkey based on secret MİT reports

An amendment made to Turkey’s Public Tender Law based on a government decree (KHK) that went into effect last November bans individuals and companies...

Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 99 people over ByLock app use

Detention warrants were issued for 99 people in Ankara and Isparta provinces on Tuesday on accusations that they use a smart phone application known...

İstanbul Municipality changes street names evoking Gülen movement

The İstanbul Municipality on Thursday unanimously approved the renaming of 192 streets across the metropolitan area that may bring to mind the Gülen movement...

Turkish pro-Erdoğan dailies say Manchester attack result of UK support for ISIL

Two staunchly pro-Erdoğan Turkish newspapers, Güneş and Yeni Akit, have accused the UK of supporting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...

AKP member posts picture of machine gun, says awaiting orders from Turkey’s Erdoğan to...

Mehmet Aybek, a member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) youth wing, on Thursday shared a photo on Facebook of an MP5 machine...

Mayor of Turkey’s capital city prays Harvey and Irma hurricanes continue in US

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gökçek shared from his Twitter account on Tuesday the level of economic damage caused by Harvey and Irma hurricanes...

Deputy of Turkey’s ruling AKP: Peace signatory academics, journalists do not even deserve to...

Şahap Kavcıoğlu, a deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), said academics, journalists and politicians who signed a peace declaration in 2016...

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