COMMENTARY — Turkey scrambled to contain fallout from Erdoğan’s jihadist friends
By Abdullah Bozkurt
It appears Turkey’s intelligence agency, which has long trafficked, armed and supported foreign fighters in the bloody Syrian civil war since 2011...
COMMENTARY — The growing threat of the Erdoğan regime in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey, under an overzealous Islamist president with a strong xenophobic character, has become a source of tension for its allies and partners...
Turkish author Perihan Mağden: I feel like a Jew in Nazi Germany
Renowned Turkish author Perihan Mağden has assessed the anti-democratic practices and increasing pressures in Turkey and described the current period in Turkey by comparing...
Nationalist opposition suggests Turkish gov’t seize Trump Towers in retaliation for US sanctions
Turkey's nationalist opposition İYİ Party spokesperson Aytun Çıray has said the Turkish government should retaliate against recently imposed US sanctions on two Turkish ministers and “seize...
Armenian church in İstanbul trashed by Turkish nationalists
The Surp Takavor Armenian Church in the Kadıköy district of İstanbul was the victim of a nationalist attack overnight, Cumhuriyet reported.
According to the report,...
Aggravated life sentence sought for comedian jailed over alleged Gülen links
An indictment prepared by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office seeks an aggravated life sentence and additional jail sentence of up to 10 years...
Int’l press, human rights bodies slam Turkish court’s ruling of aggravated life sentences for...
International press and human rights organisations have slammed a decision rendered by a Turkish court on Friday of aggravated life imprisonment for prominent journalists...
Turkish pro-Erdoğan dailies say Manchester attack result of UK support for ISIL
Two staunchly pro-Erdoğan Turkish newspapers, Güneş and Yeni Akit, have accused the UK of supporting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...
CHP deputy: Turkey may seize assets of other minorities after Syriacs
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Selina Doğan has criticized the seizure of Syriac assets by Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs and...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 58 over links to Kimse Yok Mu charity
Detention warrants were issued for 58 people by the Diyarbakır Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday on accusations that they were linked to the Kimse...
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