Erdoğan says West might have technology but Turkey has faith in God
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized Western countries for disrespecting Turkey’s security concerns, saying they may have advanced technology but Turkey has faith...
ISIL suspects detained after US Embassy in Turkey closes due to terror threat
Turkish police on Monday thwarted a planned Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack on the US Embassy in Ankara, detaining suspects...
17 detained as Turkish police intervene in Women’s Day celebrations in Ankara, Tekirdağ
Turkish police teams on Sunday detained 17 people involved in International Women’s Day celebrations in Ankara and Tekirdağ provinces.
Ten people were detained in front...
US Special Counsel Mueller investigating Kushner’s ties with Erdoğan’s family
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of and special advisor to US President Donald Trump, is being investigated over his foreign links to a number of...
COMMENTARY — UAE sweep exposes Turkish intelligence links to jihadists in Syria
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The government of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which has aided, funded and armed jihadist groups in Syria for years, is troubled...
Turkish gov’t jails teacher Semra Çakır and her 2-year-old daughter to blackmail husband
The latest victim of the Turkish government's tactic of guilt by association with the purpose of blackmail is Semra Çakır, a 41-year-old teacher, and...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Erdoğan sowing the seeds of jihadist ideology among African students
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The scary spectacle of how African exchange students who receive their education in Turkey on government scholarships are being indoctrinated in jihadist...
Turkey’s Erdoğanist militia HÖH changes name after Interior Ministry warning
The People’s Special Forces (HÖH), a pro-Erdoğan jihadist militia that emerged allegedly to counter a controversial military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 and...
Turkish state-run TRT bans broadcasting of 208 songs
The state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) has banned the broadcasting of a total of 208 songs, 142 Turkish and 66 Kurdish, on...
HRW: Chemical castration for those convicted of sex offences would violate human rights
Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Tuesday that the Turkish government's plan to implement chemical castration for those convicted of sex offences against children would...
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