Radical Islamist man attacks Atatürk statue with sickle in Turkey
Mehmet Malbora on Sunday attacked a statue of Atatürk in the Siverek district of Şanlıurfa province, saying it represented idolatry, Hurriyet reported.
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SCF study reveals horrible pattern of hate speech by Erdoğan, the chief hatemonger in...
The xenophobic feelings towards minorities, vulnerable groups, opposition figures and foreigners in today’s Turkey are being charged by country’s authoritarian leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
SDF’s seizure of Tabqa reveals ISIL and al-Qaeda books published freely in Turkey
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have revealed following their capture of Syrian town of Tabqa that the ideological indoctrination material for The Islamic State of Iraq...
Turkish man who attacked woman for wearing shorts to be tried without arrest
An İstanbul court on Thursday decided for the trial of Ercan Kızılateş without arrest who attacked a woman named Melisa Sağlam on a minibus...
Prosecutor seeks aggravated life sentences for prominent Turkish journalists over their articles
An İstanbul prosecutor has demanded aggravated life sentences for nine journalists in a trial of employees of the former Zaman daily, which was closed...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan asks Muslim minorities to dominate, rule majority
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Tapping on huge financial and human resources available for the use of the Turkish government’s religious arm, Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Bar associations of Turkey’s east and southeast provinces say gov’t decrees ‘unconstitutional’
The latest government decrees issued on Sunday by Turkish government under the autocratic rule of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have continued to receive...
Pro-Erdoğan gang leader threatens opponents over referendum
A pro-Erdogan Turkish gang leader, Sedat Peker, has declared his support for the transition to an executive presidency in Turkey while threatening those who...
Turkish gov’t lambastes US expression of ‘serious concern’ over humanitarian crisis in Afrin
Turkey has pushed back at a statement issued by US State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert on Monday expressing “serious concern” over the current situation...
Gülenophobia of Turkey’s Erdoğan regime leads to more changes in street names
The animosity of the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has resulted in more street names being changed in İstanbul.
According to a...
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