Report: At least 58 suspicious deaths identified in Turkish prisons since July 15, 2016

At least 58 suspicious deaths have occurred in Turkish prisons since a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016, said a report released on...

MİT trucks case against ultranationalist paper dropped due to statute of limitations

An İstanbul court on Thursday dropped a case against the executives of the ultranationalist Aydınlık newspaper over stories they ran in January 2014 on...

6,200 out of 15,500 Jewish citizens of Turkey preparing to leave the country

6,200 out of 15,500 Jewish citizens are preparing to leave Turkey. According to a report by Forward news outlet forty percent of the Turkey’s steadily shrinking Jewish...

COMMENTARY — Is ISIL setting its sights on Sweden as a place to settle?

By Abdullah Bozkurt In what is seen as a deliberate and systematic pattern, Turkey’s Islamist government continues to fail in cracking down on jihadist networks...

HRCP calls for immediate release of abducted Turkish family in Pakistan

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for the immediate release of former Director of Pak-Turk school Mesut Kaçmaz’s and his family...

German federal prosecutors drop Turkish imams’ spying probe amid thaw with Turkey

German prosecutors on Wednesday said they were dropping a case against several Turkish imams suspected of spying for Turkey due to insufficient evidence and...

HRW: Prosecutions of alleged followers of Gülen movement lack of evidence, criminal activity

New York-based international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has highlighted worsening situation with regards to human rights, rule of law, freedom of...

COMMENTARY — Erdoğan unleashes criminal gangs on his critics in Turkey and abroad

By Abdullah Bozkurt The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has become accustomed to relying increasingly on testimonies and complaints filed by convicted felons, known...

Turkey’s Erdoğanist Maarif Foundation has seized 76 overseas schools affiliated with Gülen movement

The controversial Maarif Foundation, which was established by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2016, has reportedly seized 76 overseas schools affiliated...

COMMENTARY — Al-Qaeda running on Erdoğan’s election ticket in Turkey

By Abdullah Bozkurt It was hardly surprising to see that a former al-Qaeda suspect was nominated as a front-runner candidate for a parliamentary seat in...
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