Turkish prosecutors find doctor who took own life after firing not a ByLock user...
Turkish prosecutors have found that a doctor who was removed from his job at a public hospital in İzmir in 2017 due to alleged...
‘Yes’ campaigner for referendum shoots dead 62-year-old with rifle
With a fortnight to go until Turkey’s presidential referendum, political atmosphere has so polarized that a yes campaigner shot dead a perceived naysayer with...
Amedspor player Deniz Naki briefly detained by Turkish police over allegedly insulting Erdoğan
Deniz Naki, a player for Diyarbakır-based Amedspor football team, was briefly detained on Tuseday over his alleged Twitter posts insulting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey's...
CHP criticizes Turkish Education Ministry deal with foundation known for pedophilia case
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chairwoman and Bursa deputy Lale Karabıyık has criticized an agreement between the Education Ministry and the...
Turkish Justice Minister Gül: Defending Erdoğan equates to defending Medina
Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül on Sunday said defending Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan against attacks is equal to defending Medina, Ottoman Sultan...
VIDEO — Erdoğan says they will not give Gülen sympathizers right to live
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Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has likened the sympathizers of Gülen movement to "cancer virus" again and has reiterated that they "will continue...
Interpol helped Harvard educated professor get tortured in Turkish prison
In yet another sign of the abuse of the Interpol system by Turkish government, Harvard-educated Turkish professor was extradited to Turkey to endure torture...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of military personnel over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained at least 109 people, mostly military officers, across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged...
Erdoğan’s most favorite columnist: Vatican uses ‘evicted jinns in intelligence services’
Radical Islamist Yeni Akit daily's columnist Abdurrahman Dilipak, who is knwon as one of the most favorite columnist of Turkey's autocratic President and Justice...
More Turks report stress, depression and anxiety in Erdogan’s Turkey
The escalating crackdown on fundamental rights and freedoms in an increasingly repressive regime of Turkey under the autocratic leadership of president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
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