COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Erdoğan mobilizing China’s Muslims for jihadist campaign
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey’s ill-advised war in Syria’s Afrin enclave has further exposed how the Islamist regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his nationalist...
Turkey’s Islamist Erdoğan salutes crowd with nationalist grey wolf sign
Autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday used a nationalist hand sign during a speech at a party meeting in Mersin province, Hürriyet...
Turkish Court of Appeals reverses ruling on journalist Dündar in MİT trucks case, requests...
Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals on Friday reversed an earlier ruling by a high criminal court in İstanbul for journalist Can Dündar, convicted of...
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputies attacked by AKP deputies at Turkish Parliament over Afrin debate
Deputies from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) were attacked, with two sustaining injuries, during a Wednesday session at the Turkish Parliament when one...
Investigation launched into radical Turkish Islamist cleric promoting violence against women
On March 8, International Women’s Day, Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation into controversial cleric Nurettin Yıldız on the grounds that he promotes violence against...
Turkish court sentences 25 journalists to long prison terms over alleged links to Gülen...
An İstanbul high criminal court on Thursday gave prison sentences ranging from 25 months to seven years, six months to 25 journalists on terror...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 121 women on Int’l Women’s Day over alleged...
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants on International Women’s Day for 121 women over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Saudi Crown Prince Salman: Turkish government part of ‘triangle of evil’
Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has described the Turkish government as part of a “triangle of evil” along with Iran and...
Turkish gov’t jails 43 women for charity sale to benefit purge victims in Mersin
The Turkish government on Tuesday arrested and jailed 43 out of 80 women, including high school and university students, who were allegedly subjected to torture...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan gov’t attacks UN for raising rights violations in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
As the free world turns up the heat on the repressive regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey with increased vigilance...
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