Turkey’s Erdoğan promises to honour a little girl with the flag, if martyred
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Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has promised on Saturday to honour a young girl with the Turkish flag if martyred, during a speech...
Erdoğan says global anti-Turkey propaganda will not succeed, slams US
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed on Saturday that a global anti-Turkey propaganda based on lies would not be successful.
"Launching a worldwide war...
Turkish gov’t detains 11 more people for opposing Afrin operation on social media
Turkish government has detained at least 11 more people over their critical stance against Turkish military operation in Afrin region of northern Syria on Thursday. In...
Turkish police disturb mourning family and friends of deceased academic Özcerit
Turkish police have reportedly continued to disturb the mourning family members, relatives and friends of the deceased academic Ahmet Turan Özcerit on Tuesday following the...
Two recent cases show Turkish gov’t’s increasing tolerance for ISIL militants
Two recent cases related two alleged militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have showed the increasing tolerance of the...
Ultra-nationalist MHP, an ally of Islamist Erdoğan, defines Turkey’s main opposition CHP as ‘national...
Oktay Öztürk, the deputy chairperson of Turkey's ultra-nationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which has formed an alliance with the Turkey's ruling Islamist Justice and...
Turkish prosecutor requests 7-year sentence for Kurdish university student over whistling Kurdish song
A group of students at Dicle University in Diyarbakır province has been facing possible sentences ranging from over 7 years to 28 years on...
Turkey’s Erdoğan vows to criminalize adultery
Turkey should again consider criminalizing adultery, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday, revisiting an issue that caused outrage among secular Turks...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan saves jihadist network: The Vasat terror group in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
One of the most devastating impacts the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has inflicted on the national security of Turkey...
Turkish gov’t jails teacher couple as their newborn twins under grandmother’s care
Turkish government has put an İzmir couple, both teachers, behind bars over their pretrial detention for their alleged links to the Gülen movement as...
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