Lawyers: Associating the assassin of Russian envoy with Fethullah Gülen a big slander
The lawyers of US-based Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen have stated on Tuesday that the claim of their client knows police officer Mevlüt Mert...
COMMENTARY — Journalist thrown in solitary as Erdoğan’s latest scheme unfolds
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Faced with hard facts and bitter truths that exposed his corrupt Islamist regime, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has always found a...
Three Yezidi girls, left by ISIL in Turkey, handed over to their families in...
Three children from the Kurdish Yezidi community who were abducted by the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in...
Pro-Kurdish HDP urges gov’t to clarify death of Murat Araç in Turkish police custody
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ayşe Acar Başaran on Monday called on the government to clarify questions concerning the death of Murat...
Human rights group urges foreign gov’ts to ensure safety of Gülen followers
US/Virginia-based human rights organization Advocates of Silenced Turkey (AST) in a piece on Huffington Post has called on foreign governments to ensure the safety...
Turkey’s Erdoğan pledges to open Turkey embassy in East Jerusalem
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday said Turkey would open an embassy in the eastern sector of Jerusalem, as a response to...
Turkish gov’t bans commemorative events ahead of Maraş massacre anniversary
The governor of Kahramanmaraş has banned all public events, gatherings and commemorative events days before the 39th anniversary of the Maraş massacre.
All meetings, demonstrations, marches, rallies,...
Afghanistan’s intelligence agency releases four abducted teachers of Turkish schools, report
Afghanistan's intelligence agency has released Turkish teachers Önder Akkuşci, Yunus Demirci, Yılmaz Aytan and an Afghan based teacher Masso0d Wardak who are working for...
Turkish government releases 7 more ISIL militants from prison
A Turkish court ordered the release of seven suspects, who are alleged members of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levants (ISIL) in the...
Turkey’s Erdoğan calls on people to show no mercy to Gülen movement
Amid an ongoing witch-hunt targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday called on people to not show mercy...
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